Chapter 6 Terms And Quiz Flashcards
The source of implied powers
Enumerated powers
The source of local governments
State government
“I pledge loyalty to only one special interest group: ‘We the people.’”
Ronald Reagan
“Save in the defense of my native State, I never desire again to draw my sword”
Robert E. Lee
“[I]n America the legislature of each state is supreme; nothing can impede its authority”
Alexis de Tocqueville
Form of government is based on limiting government by distributing and dividing and power among several government levels and organizations
Federalism
“[S]uch a power is not expressly given by the Constitution, and believing . . . it can not be deduced from any part of it . . . I have no option but to [veto the bill]”
James Madison
Delegated powers are those powers given to which level of government
National
The Supreme Court case determined that states may not raise revenue at the expense of the federal government
McCulloch v Maryland
“The federal and State governments are in fact but different agents and trustees of the people, constituted with differ powers and designed for different purposes”
James Madison
Where in the Constitution are the powers of the states made apparent
Tenth amendment
A system in which the national and state levels are sovereign within their own spheres
Dual federalism
Federal programs that supply money for specific purposes within state and local governments
Categorical grants
Amendment that established a federal income tax
Sixteenth amendment
Since 1913, it has provided a continuous source of money for the national government
Income tax