Government Ch. 3
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emrodriguez06 on October 11, 2007
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Block Grants | Federal programs that provide funds to state and local governments for general functional areas, such as criminal justice or mental-health programs. |
| Categorical Grants | Federal grants-in-aid to states or local governments that are for very specific programs or projects. |
| Commerce Clause | The section of the Constitution in which Congress is given the power to regulate trade among the states and with foreign countries. |
| Concurrent Powers | Powers held jointly by the national and state governments. |
| Confederal System | A system of government consisting of a league of independent states, each having essentially sovereign powers. The central government created by such a league has only limited powers over the states. |
| Cooperative Federalism | The theory that the states and the national government should cooperate in solving problems. |
| Dual Federalism | A system of government in which the states and the national government each remain supreme within their own spheres. The doctrine looks on nation and state as coequal sovereign powers. It holds that acts of states within their reserved powers are legitimate limitations on the powers of the national government. |
| Elastic Clause | The clause in Article I, Section 8, that grants Congress the power to do whatever is necessary to execute its specifically delegated powers. |
| Enumerated Powers | Powers specifically granted to the national government by the Constitution. |
| Federal Mandate | A requirement in federal legislation that forces states and municipalities to comply with certain rules. |
| Police Power | The authority to legislate for the protection of the health, morals, safety, and welfare of the people. |
| Supremacy Clause | The constitutional provision that makes the Constitution and federal laws superior to all conflicting state and local laws. |
| Unitary System | A centralized governmental system in which local or subdivisional governments exercise only those powers given to them by the central government. |
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