Government exam 2

Federalism

Answer explanation

a system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between a central government and regional governments (page 79)

Unitary system

Answer explanation

a centralized government system in which lower levels of government have little power independent of the national government (page 79)

Expressed Powers

Answer explanation

specific powers granted by the Constitution to Congress (Article I, Section 8) and to the president (Article II) (page 79)

Implied Powers

Answer explanation

powers derived from the necessary and proper clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution; such powers are not specifically expressed but are implied through the expansive interpretation of delegated powers (page 79)

necessary and proper clause

Answer explanation

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which provides Congress with the authority to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers (page 79)

reserved powers

Answer explanation

powers, derived from the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states (page 81)

police power

Answer explanation

power reserved to the state government to regulate the health, safety, and morals of its citizens (page 82)

concurrent powers

Answer explanation

authority possessed by both state and national governments, such as the power to levy taxes (page 82)

full faith and credit clause

Answer explanation

provision from Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution requiring that the states normally honor the public acts and judicial decisions that take place in another state (page 82)

privileges and immunities clause

Answer explanation

provision, from Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution, that a state cannot discriminate against someone from another state or give its own residents special privileges (page 83)