Chapter 4 Vocab

Question 1

The constitutional provisions by which gov. power is divided on a geographic basis.

Answer 1

Division of Powers

Question 2

Those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National Gov. by the Constitution

Answer 2

Delegated Powers

Question 3

Those delegated powers of the National Gov. that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution. Also called enumerated powers.

Answer 3

Expressed Powers

Question 4

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.

Answer 4

Implied Powers

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

Inherent Powers

Question 6

Those powers that the Constitution does jot grant to the National Gov. and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.

Answer 6

Reserved Powers

Question 7

Those powers that can be exercised by the National Gov. alone.

Answer 7

Exclusive Powers

Question 8

Those powers that both the National Gov. and the States posses and exercise.

Answer 8

Concurrent Powers

Question 9

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”.

Answer 9

Supremacy Clause

Question 10

A congressional act directing the people of a US territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step towards admission to the Union.

Answer 10

Enabling Act

Question 11

Congressional Act admitting a new State to the Union.

Answer 11

Act of Admission

Question 12

Grants of federal money or other resources to States, cities, counties, and other local units.

Answer 12

Grants-In-Aid-Program

Question 13

One type of federal grants-in-aid; made for some specific, closely defined, purpose.

Answer 13

Categorical Grant

Question 14

One type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy.

Answer 14

Block Grant

Question 15

One type of federal grants-in-aid; made for specific projects to the States, localities, and private agencies who apply for them.

Answer 15

Project Grant

Question 16

Formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among States, or between aState and a foreign State.

Answer 16

Interstate Compact

Question 17

Constitution’s requirement that each State accept the public acts, record, and judicial proceedings of every other State.

Answer 17

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Question 18

The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State

Answer 18

Extradition

Question 19

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.

Answer 19

Privileges and Immunities Clause

Question 20

A system of gov. in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national, gov. and several regional govs.

Answer 20

Federalism