Chp 3 Flashcards
What is a way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land of people?
Federalism
What is a way of organizing a nation so that all power resides in the central government?
Unitary Governments
What is Art. VI of the constitution. of which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national gov. is acting within its constitutional limits?
Supremacy Clause
What is the Constitutional amendment that states that “The powers not delegated to the U.S. by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people” ?
Tenth Amendment
What is the 1819 Supreme Court Decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state government?
McCulloch v. Maryland
What are powers of the federal government that are specifically addressed in the Constitution?
Enumerated Powers
What are powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution?
Implied Powers
What is the final paragraph of Art. I, Sect. 8 of the Constitution, which authorizes Congress to pass all laws “necessary and proper” to carry out the enumerated powers?
Elastic Clause
What was the landmark case decided in 1824, in which the Supreme Court interpreted very broadly the clause in Art. I, Sect. 8?
Gibbons v. Ogden
What is the clause in Art. IV, Sect. 1, requiring each state to recognize the official documents and civel judgements rendered by the courts of other states?
Full Faith and Credit
What is the legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one state to officials of the state in which the crime was committed?
Extradition
What is the clause in Art. IV, Sect. 2, according citizens of each state most of the privileges of citizens of other states?
Privileges and Immunities
What is a system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres?
Dual Federalism
What is a system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government?
Cooperative Federalism
What is the pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal system?
Fiscal Federalism
