Federalism: Vocabulary

Denied Power is:

• Says that the national law takes precedence over state laws

• A power that only the national government has, not states

• Power that is not allowed to any level of government

• An agreement

Expressed Powers

• are the same as implied powers

• stated in the Declaration of Independence

• are also called an enumerated powers

• Is mentioned in the Supremacy Clause

Implied Power

• an example is the ability to draft people into the army

• power that the constitution grants to the national government

• is granted to the people through a mandate

• is a power only the states have

Power that the Constitution grants to the national government

• Compact

• Delegated Power

• Reserved Power

• Denied Power

This is defined as an agreement (context: between states)

• Compact

• Contract

• Compromise

• Control

Two or more governments have power over the same territory

• Federalism

• Authoritarianism

• Totalitarianism

• Democracy

Concurrent Power

• Power that is shared by the national and state governments

• Power that is not allowed to any level of government

• an agreement

• Says the federal government will respect state governments

Says the federal government will respect state governments

• Federalist Papers #9

• The Articles of Confederation

• Expressed Powers

• The Anti-Federalist Propoganda

The Supremacy Clause

• Says the Federal government will respect state governments

• Says national laws take precedence over state laws

• that power will be shared

• That the President is Supreme over all the land!

A power that only the states have is called

• Local Power

• State Power

• Reserved Power