Chapter 4 Vocab Flashcards
The constitutional provisions by which gov. power is divided on a geographic basis.
Division of Powers
Those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National Gov. by the Constitution
Delegated Powers
Those delegated powers of the National Gov. that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution. Also called enumerated powers.
Expressed Powers
Those delegated powers of the National Gov. that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution; those “necessary and proper” to carry out the expressed powers.
Implied Powers
Powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Gov. because it is a gov. of a sovereign state within the world community.
Inherent Powers
Those powers that the Constitution does jot grant to the National Gov. and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
Reserved Powers
Those powers that can be exercised by the National Gov. alone.
Exclusive Powers
Those powers that both the National Gov. and the States posses and exercise.
Concurrent Powers
A provision of the US Constitution that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the US are the “supreme Law of the Land”.
Supremacy Clause
A congressional act directing the people of a US territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step towards admission to the Union.
Enabling Act
Congressional Act admitting a new State to the Union.
Act of Admission
Grants of federal money or other resources to States, cities, counties, and other local units.
Grants-In-Aid-Program
One type of federal grants-in-aid; made for some specific, closely defined, purpose.
Categorical Grant
One type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy.
Block Grant
One type of federal grants-in-aid; made for specific projects to the States, localities, and private agencies who apply for them.
Project Grant
Formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among States, or between aState and a foreign State.
Interstate Compact
Constitution’s requirement that each State accept the public acts, record, and judicial proceedings of every other State.
Full Faith and Credit Clause
The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State
Extradition
Constitution’s stipulation (Article IV, Section 2) that all citizens are entitled to certain “privileges and immunities”, regardless of their State of residence; no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
Privileges and Immunities Clause
A system of gov. in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, gov. and several regional govs.
Federalism
