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Chapter 4
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- 1FederalismA system of government in which a written constitution dividing the powers of government on a territorial base
- 2Division of powersA division of powers between National Government and the governments of the 50 states
- 3Delegated PowersThe government has only those powers delegated to it in the Constitution
- 4Expressed PowersPowers delegated to the National government
- 5Implied PowersThey are suggested by the expressed powers
- 6Inherent PowersPowers that belong to the National Government because it is the national government of a sovereign state in the world community
- 7Reserved PowersPowers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the states
- 8Exclusive PowersThe Constitution can be exercised only by the National Government, not by the state
- 9Concurrent powersPowers that both the National Government and the States posses and exercise
- 10Supremacy ClauseThe Constitution ranks above all other forms of law in the United States
- 11Enabling ActAn act directing people of the territory to frame a proposed State constitution.
- 12Act of AdmissionAn act creating the new State
- 13Grants-in-aid programGrants of federal money or other resources to the States and their cities, countries, and other local units.
- 14Categorical grantAre made for some specific, closely defined purpose -- for school lunches or for the construction airports or wastewater treatment plants.
- 15Block grantThey are made for much more broadly defined purposes than are categorical grants -- for healthcare, social services, or welfare.
- 16Project grantThese are grants made to States, localities, and sometimes private agencies that apply for the grants.
- 17Interstate compactAgreements among themselves and with foreign states.
- 18Full Faith and Credit ClauseA person can prove age, place of birth, marital status, title to property, and similar facts by securing the necessary documents from the state from the State where the record was made.
- 19ExtraditionThe legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State can be returned to that State.
- 20Privileges and Immunities ClauseMeans that no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in another state.
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