Flashcards › 12th Government Chapter 7

What form of government is based of resisting tyranny through limited government and limiting that government by distributing and dividing power among several governmental levels and orgainzations? federalism Delegated powers are those powers given to which level of government? national What is the source of implied powers? enumerated powers With which level of government are the reserved powers generally associated? states Which Supreme Court case determined that states may not raise revenue at the expense of the federal government? McCulloch v. Maryland What is the source of local government? state government Since 1913, what has provided a continuous source of money for the national government? income tax What is federalism system of government in which governmental power is divided into two or more levels What defines the limits of the authority of the national government? the delegated powers given to it by the Constitution Where are the powers of the states made apparent? the 10th Amendment What is full faith and credit? when each state respects the laws, official records and judicial rulings of the other states Where is full faith and credit found in the the Constitution? Article IV, Section 1 What is extradition? the legal process of returning an alleged criminal to the state in which he is charged. What is dual federalism? a system in which the national and state levels are sovereign within their own spheres What are categorical grants? federal programs that supply money for specific purposes within state and local governments What are t he means of determining who gets federal aid and the amount that is to be given? formula grants and project grants Which amendment established a federal income tax? 16th What is the nickname of the necessary and propler clause and how did it get this nickname? the elastic clause, because it is the source of the ever- increasing power of the federal government What area the 2 exceptions to the full faith and credit clause? to limit a state to enforcing only its own civil, not criminal law and does not require states to give full faith and credit in every case of divorce