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National and State Powers Flashcards

1
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Three types of power granted to the national govt by the Constitution

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Expressed, Implied, Inherent

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Powers directly expressed or stated in the Constitution

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Expressed powers

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Another name for expressed powers notated in the first three articles of the Constitution

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Enumerated powers

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4
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Powers that are required by the national govt to carry out the expressed powers

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Implied powers

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5
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The basis of the implied powers is the ____________

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Necessary or proper clause (Article I, Section 8)

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6
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Powers that the govt may exercise simply because it is a govt

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Inherent powers

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7
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Powers reserved by the Constitution strictly to the states

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Reserved powers

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8
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Agreements made between states that require congressional permission

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Compacts

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9
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Powers that belong to both the national and state governments

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Concurrent powers

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10
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Article VI, section 2 of the constitution that makes the acts and the treaties of the US supreme

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Supreme Clause

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11
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Enumerates those things which the national government can’t do

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Article I, section 9

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12
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Part of the constitution that lists powers denied to the states

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Article I, section 10

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13
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Obligations provided to the national govt by the Constitution

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guarantee a republican form of govt, Protect from invasion and domestic violence, respect the territorial integrity of a state

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14
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What gives congress the power to admit new states to the Union?

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Constitution

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15
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Enables the territory applying for statehood to prepare a constitution

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Enabling act

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16
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__________ are provided by the national govt to cover repair costs after natural disasters

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Low-cost loans

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17
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An understanding of federalism must begin with the __________

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Constitution

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18
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Another name for the Necessary and proper clause is the ____________________

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Elastic clause

19
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The power to draft military is an ____________

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Implied power

20
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__________________ have helped the national govt strengthen and expand its authority

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Implied powers

21
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Which states were created from existing states?

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Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maine, and West Virginia

22
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Rejected statehood in 1993

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Puerto Rico

23
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_________ and __________ may impose certain conditions before admitting a state

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President and Congress

24
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____________ supports federalism by helping governors in state policy making and influencing national policy

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National Governors’ Association (NGA)

25
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How many states must approve an amendment before it’s added to the constitution

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3/4 of the states

26
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Who pays for the elections of all national govt officials?

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States

27
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What did governors begin to focus on in the 1980’s?

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National Policy

28
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States must give “full faith and credit” to laws, records and court rulings of other states; Give one another’s citizens all the “privileges and credit” of their citizens

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Article IV

29
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Civil laws passed by state legislatures

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Public acts

30
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Documents such as mortgages, deeds, leases, wills, marriage licenses, car registrations, and birth certificates

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Records

31
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Various court actions such as judgement to pay a debt

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Judicial proceedings

32
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Prevents states from treating each other as foreign countries

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Civil law

33
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Who is responsible for returning fugitives who have fled across state lines?

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The governor

34
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Who is charged more for hunting licenses, tuition, and fees?

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Nonresidents

35
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Closed by making it a federal crime to flee a state in order to avoid prosecution for a felony

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Extradition loophole

36
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Written agreement between two or more states

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Compacts

37
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Who approves interstate compacts?

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Congress

38
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Suites between 2 or more states are heard in the ___________

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US Supreme Court

39
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Many compacts deal with ________________________

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Development and conservation of natural resources

40
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Compacts are enforced by the _____________

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Supreme Court

41
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Favors national action in dealing with issues

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Nationalist Position

42
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Favors state and local action in dealing with problems

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States’ rights position

43
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Says that powers not delegated to the national govt are reserved by the states or the people

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10th amendment

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