Federalism vocab

Question 1

Block Grants

Answer 1

a type of grant-in-aid that give state officials more authority in the disbursement

Question 2

Categorical Grants

Answer 2

Grants-in-aid provided to states with specific provisions on their use

Question 3

Commerce Clause

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Grants Congress the authority the regulate interstate business and commercial activity

Question 4

Concurrent powers

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Powers granted to both states and the federal government in the constitution

Question 5

cooperative federalism

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a form of American federalism in which the sates and the national government work together to shape public policy

Question 6

Devolution

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Returning more authority to the state and local governments

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Dual Federalism

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A form of american federalism in which the states and the nation operate indepently in their own areas of public policy

Question 8

Elastic clause/necessary and proper clause

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grants the federal government the authority to pass laws required to carry out its enumerated powers

Question 9

Enabling act–Article lV Sect.3 Cl.1

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The act.clause that empowers the admittance of new states into the union

Question 10

Federal Grants/Grants-in-aide

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Economic aid issued by the US government out of the general federal revenue. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to recipient:federal money provided to states to implement public policy objectives.

Question 11

Fiscal federalism

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The federal government’s use of grant-in-aid to influence policies

Question 12

Full faith and credit

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Constitutional clause requiring states to recognize the public arts, records, and civil court proceedings from another state

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Inherent powers

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Powers that the national government may exercise simply because it it the government

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Initiative

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A method by which citizens compose a constitutional amendment or law: to place a new legislation on a popular ballot, or to place legislation on a popular by a legislature on a ballot for a popular vote.

Question 15

Interstate compacts

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A written agreement between two or more states

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Privileges and immunities clause

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constitutional clause that prevents states from discriminating against people from outside of state

Question 17

Recall

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A recall election (also called a recall referendum or representative recall) is a procedure by which, in certain polities, voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before that official’s term has ended

Question 18

Referendum

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Procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislation

Question 19

Reserved powers

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powers not given to the national government, which are retained by the states and the people

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Revenue sharing

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when the federal government apportions tax money to the states with no strings attached

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Selective incorporation

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the process through which the s=Supreme Court applies fundamental rights in the BOR to the states on a case-by-case basis

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Sunshine laws

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a law prohibiting public official from holding meetings not open to the public

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Sunset laws

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A law that requires periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed

Question 24

Unfunded mandate

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Federal requirements that states must follow without being provided with funding