Unit 1 Vocab

Question 0

Money granted to state for narrow purpose

Answer 0

Categorical grant

Question 1

Money granted by fed to state for broad purpose

Answer 1

Block grant

Question 2

Money granted for transportation

Answer 2

Block grant

Question 3

Money granted for school lunch program

Answer 3

Categorical grant

Question 4

Those who favor greater national authority rather than states rights

Answer 4

Centralists

Question 5

System in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other two branches

Answer 5

Checks and balances

Question 6

Presidential veto

Answer 6

Checks and balances

Question 7

Gives congress the power to regulate commerce among the states, foreign nations, and Indian tribes

Answer 7

Commerce clause

Question 8

Granted through article 1 section 8 of the constitution

Answer 8

Commerce clause

Question 9

Those powers held by both congress and the state

Answer 9

Concurrent powers

Question 10

System in which sovereign states are only loosely tied to a central government

Answer 10

Confederation

Question 11

The US under the Articles of Confederation was a

Answer 11

Confederation

Question 12

Those who favor greater state authority rather than national authority

Answer 12

Decentralists

Question 13

System in which the people rule themselves

Answer 13

Direct democracy

Question 14

States that congress can exercise those powers that are “necessary and proper” for carrying out the enumerated powers

Answer 14

Elastic clause

Question 15

Those powers that are specifically granted to congress in article 1 section 8 of the constitution

Answer 15

Enumerated powers

Question 16

Constitutional sharing of power between a central government and state governments

Answer 16

Federalism

Question 17

System in which the national government and state governments are coequal, with each being dominant within it’s respective sphere

Answer 17

Dual federalism

Question 18

System in which both federal government and state governments cooperate in solving problems

Answer 18

Cooperative federalism

Question 19

System in which the national government restored greater authority back to the states

Answer 19

New federalism

Question 20

1803 court case which est the power of judicial review

Answer 20

Marbury vs Madison

Question 21

1819 court case which est the principle of national supremacy and validity of implied powers

Answer 21

McCulloch vs Maryland

Question 22

Powers of the state to protect the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public

Answer 22

Police powers

Question 23

Shays rebellion

Answer 23

1786 revolt by Massachusetts farmers seeking relief from debt and foreclosure that was a factor in the calling if the constitutional convention