| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Block Grants | Money from the national government that states can spend within broad guidelines determined by Washington. |
| Catagorical Grants | Federal grants for specific purposes such as building an airport |
| City | a municipal corporation or municipality that has been chartered bt a state to exercise certain definied powers and provide certain specific services |
| Conditions of Aid | terms set by the national government that states must meet if they are to receive certain federal funds |
| Confederal System | the states are sovereign and te national government is allowed to do only that which the states permit |
| County | the largest territorial units between a state and a city or state |
| Dilon's Rule | this rule authorizes a municipality to exercise only those powers expresly given, implied by or essential to the accomplishment of its enumerated powers |
| Dual Federalism | doctrine holding that the national government is supreme in its sphere, the state are supreme in theirs, and the two spheres should be kept separate |
| Federal System | sovereignty is shared, so that in some matters the national government is supreme and in other matters the states are supreme |
| Federal Republic | x |
| General-act Carter | applies to a number of cities that fall within a certain classification usually based on city population |
| Grants-in-aid- | money given by the national government to the states. |
| Home-rule charter | this reverses dillions rule and allows a city government to do anything that is not prohibited by the charter or state law. |
| Initiative | process that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot |
| Interstate commerce | congress regulates this type of commerce |
| Intrastate Commerce | states regulate this type of commerce |
| McCulloc v. Maryland | expanded the powers of congress and confined the supremecy of the federal government the exercise of those powers |
| Mandates | terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants |
| Necessary and Proper Clause | section of the constitution allowing congress to pass all laws "necessary y and proper" to its duties, and which has permitted Congress to exercise powers not specifically given to it (enumerated) by the constitution |
| New Federalism | x |
| Nullification | the doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the states' opinion, violates the constitution. |
| Police Power | State power to enact laws promoting healt, safety, and morals |
| Recall | Procedure whereby voters can remove an elected offical from office |
| Referendum | procedure enabling voters to reject a measure passed by the legislature |
| Revenue Sharing | federal sharing of a fixed percentage of its revenue with the states |
| Sovereignty | a supreme or ultimate political authority: a government that is legally and politcally independant of any other government |
| Special-act charter | applies to a certain city and lists what that city can and cannot do. |
| Special District Government | authorities which have responsibility for some single governmental function handling sewage treatment, managing airports, or getting rid of mosquitoes for example. |
| States' Rights | x |
| Tenth Amendment | x |
| Unitary System | sovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government so that the states and the localities are dependant on its will |
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