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The right of reserved powers was guaranteed in the _________.

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Tenth Amendment

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The right of reserved powers was guaranteed in the

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Tenth Amendment

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The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the number of

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its members in the House and Senate combined.

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The government of France is a

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unitary system

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Federalism is the product and symbol of the continuing ideological struggle between the values of

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unity and diversity

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The most predominant form of national aid to the states takes the form of

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categorical grants-in-aid

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The single most important characteristic of contemporary federalism has become cooperative

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fiscal relationships

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The Supreme Court case of________________ v. ________________ interpreted the “necessary and proper” clause as allowing expansive power to the national government.

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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The power to administer public education is an example of a _________________ power.

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reserved

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____________________ powers are specifically enumerated in the Constitution as belonging to Congress.

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Express

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Federalism is the product and symbol of the continuing ideological struggle between the values of_______________ and ___________.

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unity and diversity

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The 50 American states are themselves ___________________ governments because the principal power within each state lies with the state government.

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unitary

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the national to state and local governments in which state and local officials are allowed discretion in spending the money within some broad policy area, such as community development or social services

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block grant

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Transfers of cash from the national to state and/or local governments for some specific purpose, usually with the accompanying requirement that state and local governments match the national money with some funds of their own

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categorical grant-in-aid

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Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1913, that gave Congress the power to tax incomes and thereby massively increase the potential revenue available to the national government.

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Sixteenth Amendment

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A model of federalism in which national and state governments are separate and independent from each other, with each level exercising its own powers in its own jurisdiction

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dual federalism

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A form of government at the local level that mirrors the executive legislative structure at the state and national levels where the mayor has executive powers and the council legislative powers

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mayor-council

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Amendment ratified in 1791 that reserves to the states powers not prohibited to them and not delegated to the national government by the Constitution.

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Tenth Amendment

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A legal status in which local governments, especially large cities, can determine for themselves within broad parameters their own powers and functions without interference from the state government

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home rule

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Powers not specifically prohibited to the states and not delegated to the national government by the Constitution

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reserved powers

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reserved powers

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Powers not specifically prohibited to the states and not delegated to the national government by the Constitution

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implied powers

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Powers of national government not specifically cited in the Constitution but implicit in powers expressly granted by the Constitution

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express powers

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Powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution as belonging to the national government

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Powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution as belonging to the national government

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express powers

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delegated powers

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Legal authority that the people in the states granted to the national government for certain purposes by ratifying the Constitution. Delegated powers can be either express or implied

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Legal authority that the people in the states granted to the national government for certain purposes by ratifying the Constitution. Delegated powers can be either express or implied

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delegated powers

27
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A view of federalism that posits an expanded role for state and local governments and holds that state and local governments should be entrusted with greater responsibilities

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New Federalism

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Institution established by the Constitution for electing the president and vice president and whose members?electors chosen by the voters?actually elect the president and vice president

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Electoral College

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A formal agreement between states designed to solve a problem facing more than one state when such an agreement is necessary because political problems are not limited by geographic boundaries

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interstate compact

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unitary system

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A system of government in which principal power lies at the level of a national or central government rather than at the level of some smaller unit (a state or a province) within the political system

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federalism

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A system of government in which both the national and state governments share power within the same political system

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A system of government in which both the national and state governments share power within the same political system

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federalism

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confederation

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A loose association of states in which dominant political power lies with the member states and not with the central government

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Constitutionalism

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the belief in limiting governmental power by a written charter

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Articles of Confederation

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This First Plan of a national government for the thirteen American states was replaced by the constitution Under the Articles, the states retained most political power.

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Virginia Plan

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The first plan of union proposed at the constitutional Convention in 1787 called for a strong central government.

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New Jersey Plan

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Introduced in the Constittional Convention in Opposition to the Virginia Plan, it emphasized the dominance of the states.

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Great Compromise

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agreement at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to accept representation by populationin the house and by states in the senate was arrange by the delegation from connecticut

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Three-fifths compromise

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slaves count as three fifths

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Federalists

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People who where for the constitution. Turned into a political party

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Anti-federalist

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person who apposed the 1787 and 1788 constitutions

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“The federalist”

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essays written by Alexander hamlition john jay and Madison: urging the ratification of the constitution

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Republicanism

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People electing representatives to make decision in there place in republican

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Checks and Balances

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Systen of separate institutions sharing some powers that the constitution mandates for the national gobernemt, its purpose being to keep power dibided among the three brancehes: legislative, executive, and judicial

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elastic clause

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The “necessary and proper” clause of Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution is the source of “implied powers; for the national government, as explained in Mc Culloch v. Maryland

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Federalism

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A system of governemtn in which both the national and state goverments share power within the same political system

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Confederation

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a loose association of states in which dominant political power lies with the member states and not with the cnetral government

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unitary system

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system of government in which principal power lies at the level of a nation al or central government rather than at the level of some smaller unit

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Electoral College

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institution established by the Constitution for electing the president and vice president and whose members__Electors chosen by the voter__actually elect the president and VP

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reserved powers

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powers not specifically prohibited to the states and not delgated to the national government by the Constitution

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Tenth Amendment

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Amendment ratified in 1791 that reserves to the states powers not prohibited to them and not delegated to the national government by the constitution

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Dual Federalism

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Model of federalism in which national and state governments are separate and independent form each other, with each level exercising its own powers in its own jurisdiction

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Marble cake federalism

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A model of feralism in which the interwining relationships between the national and state and local governments are likedned to the intertwining flavors in a marble cake

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Sixteenth Amendment

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Congress to tax incomes

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