Chapter 3 Quiz 2 (words 11-21)

Question 1

Full faith & Credit

Answer 1

A clause in Article IV of the constitution requiring each state to recognize the public acts, records and judicial records of all the other states.

Question 2

Extradition

Answer 2

The process of one state surrendering an individual to another state for committing a crime or suspected to.

Question 3

Privileges & Immunities

Answer 3

The provision of the Constitution allowing citizens of each state the privileges of citizens of other states.

Question 4

Dual Federalism

Answer 4

A system of government where both the federal and local/state government remain supreme.

Question 5

Cooperative Federalism

Answer 5

A system of government where policies and powers assignments are shared between the state national government.

Question 6

Fiscal Federalism

Answer 6

The pattern of spending, taxing and providing grants in the federal system.

Question 7

Categorial Grants

Answer 7

Federal grants that can be used for specific purposes or “categories” for the state and local spending.

Question 8

Project Grants

Answer 8

A categorial grant given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of merits and applications.

Question 9

Formula grants

Answer 9

A categorial grant distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations.

Question 10

Block Grants

Answer 10

Federal grants given more or less automatically to state or communities to support programs.

Question 11

Devolution

Answer 11

Transferring the responsibilities for policies from federal government to state and local government.