Chapter 4 SG Short Answers Flashcards
Name the 4 obligations the constitution places on the national government for the benefit of the states
1) Representative- Guarantee states as a republican form of government
2) Protects states against foreign invasions and domestic violence
3) Respect territorial integrity of states (recognizes state boundaries)
4) Admitting New States (congress has this power)
Name the 4 programs (forms of federal aid) in which the national government helps/assists the states
1) Grants-in-Aid- grants of land given to start up schools/colleges and roads
2) FBI assists state and local police
3) Trains the national guard for the states
4) Takes a Census for the states (counts the population every ten years)
Name the 3 state aid programs in which the states help/assist the national government
1) State and local police assist the FBI
2) States run the naturalization immigrant program
3) States run all national elections
List and describe the 3 types of Federal Grants
1) Categorical Grants- used for specific purposes/programs
2) Block Grants- used for large broad programs such as welfare
3) project Grants- used for projects such as medical research
What 2 Interstate compacts do all 50 states agree upon
1) compact for supervision of parolees and probationers
2) compact on juvenile delinquents
List the “ladder of laws”in the Supremacy clause
Who administers this clause?
1) United states constitution
2) acts of Congress/ national law
3) State constitutions
4) State laws
5) City/ County laws (local laws)
The Supreme Court acts as the “umpire”of the Supremacy clause
List examples of reasonable distinctions that states can use against residents of another state under the privileges and immunities clause
1) can’t Vote
2) can’t hold public office
3) can’t practice law, medicine, teach etc
4) charge more for college tuition, hunting and fishing licenses
