APGoPo Unit 1: Week 3-4 Key Terms

The system of government in which power is shared between the national and state governments

• 1. Representative democracy

• 1. Republicanism

• Federalism

• Direct democracy

1. Powers that are not delegated or enumerated to the national government but are reserved to the states, as stated in the 10th Amendment

• 1. Exclusive powers

• 1. Enumerated powers

• 1. Concurrent powers

• 1. Reserved powers

1. The distribution of a portion of federal tax revenues to state and local governments.

• 1. Revenue sharing

• 1. Block grants

• 1. Categorical grants

• 1. Mandates

1. Powers that are written in the Constitution

• 1. Exclusive powers

• Enumerated powers

• 1. Implied powers

• 1. Concurrent powers

1. Requirements that the national government has for the states

• Revenue sharing

• 1. Block grants

• 1. Categorical grants

• 1. Mandates

1. Written into the Constitution in Article I, Section 8, gives the national government the power to regulate interstate commerce, but Supreme Court interpretations can influence the extent of this power

• 1. Supremacy Clause

• 1. Due Process Clause

• 1. Commerce Clause

• 1. Necessary and Proper Clause

  
  

1. Powers that are shared between both levels of government (national and state)

• Exclusive powers

• 1. Enumerated powers

• 1. Implied powers

• 1. Concurrent powers

1. Written into the Constitution in Article I, Section 8, gives Congress the power to make laws related to carrying out its enumerated powers, but Supreme Court interpretations can influence the extent of these powers

• 1. Necessary and Proper Clause

• 1. Supremacy Clause

• Equal Protection Clause

• 1. Due Process Clause

1. The transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the state government

• 1. Federalism

• 1. Devolution

• 1. Representative democracy

• 1. Revenue sharing

1. National funding that is restricted to specific categories of expenditures, is preferred by the national government, and is the most commonly used form of funding

• 1. Revenue sharing

• 1. Block grants

• 1. Categorical grants

• 1. Mandates