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AP Government Chapter 3
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12th Grade
11/18/2008

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Block Grants
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broad program grant given more or less automaticall to states and communities, which exercise discretion in how the money in spent
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Categorical Grants
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grants that can be used only for specific purposes or categories of state and local spending
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Cooperative Federalism
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where state and the national government responsibilities are mingled and blurred like a marble cake; powers and policies are shared
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Dual Federalism
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where states and the national governemtn each remain supreme within thier own spheres of power, much like a layer cake
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Elastic Clause
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the statement in the Constitution which says that Congress has the power to make all laws necessart and proper for carrying out its duties
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Enumerated Powers
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powers of Congress found in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
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Extadition
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the Constitution requires each state to return a person charged with a crime in another state to that state for trial or imprisionment
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Federalism
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a system of shared power between two or more levels of government
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Full faith and credit
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Article IV of the Constitution requires states to provide resiprocity toward other states' public acts, records, and civil judicial proceedings
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Gibbions vs. Ogden
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the 1824 Supreme Court cast which futher expanded Cognress power to regulate interstate and international commerce by definfing commerce very broadly to incorporate every form of commercial activity
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Implied Powers
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powers beyond congress enumerated powers which endure that it can carry out its duties
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
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the 1819 Supreme Court case, which established the supremacy of the national government over the states, included both enumerated and implied powers of Congress
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Project Grant
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categorical grants awarded on the basis of competitive applications
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Supremacy Clause
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Article VI of the Constitution states that the supreme law of the land is the Constitution, the laws of the national goverment, and treaties
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Tenth Amendment
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specifies that powers not delegated to the national government are reserved for the state government or the people
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