Unit 1 Part B Vocab

Question 1

Powers that the Constitution gives to the national government

Answer 1

Expressed (or Enumerated/Delegated) Powers

Question 2

Any power not mentioned in the Constitution is automatically reserved for state governments (limited national government)

Answer 2

Tenth Ammendment

Question 3

Powers that the Constitution gives to the states as opposed to the national government

Answer 3

Reserved Powers

Question 4

Listed in Article I Section 8 in the Constitution; allows Congress to make laws and have power that is implied by - although not specifically spelled out in - the Constitution

Answer 4

Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)

Question 5

Powers not written about in the Constitution but given to the national government anyway because they are related to expressed powers (a result of the necessary and proper clause)

Answer 5

Implied Power

Question 6

Federal government gives money to the states for a broad purpose; few strings attached

Answer 6

Block Grant

Question 7

Federal government gives money to the states for a specific purpose, often with strings attached

Answer 7

Categorial Grants

Question 8

Article I Section 8; Congress has the right to regulate commerce [trade/business] if it goes across state or national borders (aka. Interstate commerce)

Answer 8

Commerce Clause

Question 9

Powers that the Constitution gives to both the states and the national government

Answer 9

Concurrent Powers

Question 10

Requirements that states must meet if they want to receive federal grants (money)

Answer 10

Conditions of Aid

Question 11

Arrangement of government power where several states have most of the power; a loose alliance of states with a very weak national government

Answer 11

Confederation System

Question 12

Requirement that the federal government places on the states (states have no choice)

Answer 12

Federal Mandates

Question 13

Broad term for money or land given to the states by the national government

Answer 13

Grants in Aid

Question 14

Trade or business that takes place across state or national borders (can be regulated by the national government)

Answer 14

Interstate Commerce

Question 15

Part of the Constitution; in the area of concurrent powers, national laws overrule states laws

Answer 15

Supremacy Clause

Question 16

Requirement that the federal government places on the states without providing funds/money to meet the requirement

Answer 16

Unfunded Mandate

Question 17

A movement (1980s through the present) to transfer the responsibilities of governing from the federal government to state and local governments; happens through block grants

Answer 17

Devolution

Question 18

(1) The national bank is allowed because in falls under the category of implied powers, which are allowed by the Necessary and Proper Clause; (2) States like Maryland cannot tax the national bank because national laws overrule state laws (supremacy clause)

Answer 18

McCulloch vs Maryland

Question 19

Struck down the Gun Free School Zones Act because Congress had no Constitutional authority to pass the law; guns in schools are not an economic activities that affects interstate commerce

Answer 19

United States vs Lopez