(Federalism 1.3)

Question 1

Block grants

Answer 1

broad/general more flexible on how it is spent

Question 2

Categorical grants

Answer 2

targeted/specific but strings attached

Question 3

Conditions of aid

Answer 3

Terms set by the national government that states must meet if they are to receive certain federal funds.

Question 4

Commerce clause

Answer 4

Congress can regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among several states, and Indian tribes
(Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3)

Question 5

Concurrent powers

Answer 5

powers given to both states and the federal government by the U.S. Constitution

Question 6

Delegated powers (enumerated)

Answer 6

powers of the federal government that are specifically described in the Constitution

Question 7

Devolution revolution

Answer 7

Reagan’s ideology that political powers reserved for the U.S. state governments rather than the federal government

Question 8

Dillon’s rule

Answer 8

narrow interpretation of a local government’s authority, in which a sub-state government may engage in an activity only if it is specifically sanctioned by the state government

Question 9

Federalism

Answer 9

system of government in which power is divided between a national (federal) government and various regional governments

Question 10

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Answer 10

addresses the duties that states within the United States have to respect the “public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.”

Question 11

Grants-in-aid- system

Answer 11

Money paid from one level of government to another level to be spent on a specific purpose

Question 12

Initiative

Answer 12

procedure by which a specified number of voters may propose a statute, constitutional amendment, or ordinance, and compel a popular vote on its adoption

Question 13

Layer cake v. Marble cake analogy

Answer 13

Dual Federalism vs. Cooperative Federalism

Question 14

Mandate

Answer 14

federal requirement that the state undertake a certain activity or provide a service

Question 15

Supremacy clause

Answer 15

states all laws made furthering the Constitution and all treaties made under the authority of the United States are the “supreme law of the land.”

Question 16

Necessary and Proper (elastic) clause

Answer 16

National GOV has certain implied powers that go beyond delegated power

Question 17

Police power

Answer 17

capacity of the states to regulate behavior and enforce order within their territory for the betterment of the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of their inhabitants

Question 18

Recall

Answer 18

allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office

Question 19

Referendum

Answer 19

general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision

Question 20

Reserved powers

Answer 20

powers reserved, or set aside, to the states (10th Amendment)

Question 21

Revenue sharing

Answer 21

distribution of a portion of federal tax revenues to state and local governments

Question 22

Ninth Amendment

Answer 22

addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution

Question 23

Tenth Amendment

Answer 23

any power that is not given to the federal government is given to the people or the states

Question 24

McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 24

Maryland did not want Bank of U.S. to operate in state, but court ruled the Bank was Constitutional.

Question 25

Gibbons v. Ogden

Answer 25

Supreme Court held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause