Chapter 4 Vocabulary: From Government In America
Federalism: The Division of Power

Section 1 The Constitution Establishes a Federal System

  1. Delegated powers pg. 86
  2. Implied powers pg. 86
  3. "Necessary and proper" clause pg. 86
  4. Elastic clause pg. 86
  5. Loose construction pg. 87
  6. Strict construction pg. 88
  7. McCulloh vs. Maryland pg. 88
  8. Prohibited Powers pg. 89
  9. Bill of Attainder pg. 89
  10. Habeas Corpus pg. 89
  11. Ex post facto law pg. 89
  12. Inherent powers pg. 90
  13. Eminent domain pg. 90
  14. Reserved powers pg. 90
  15. Concurrent powers pg. 91
  16. Section 2 State and Federal Governments Have Specific Duties

  17. Militia pg. 95
  18. Apportionment pg. 96
  19. Redistrict pg. 96
  20. States’ rights pg. 96
  21. Secede pg. 97
  22. Nationalism pg. 97
  23. Dual federalism pg. 97
  24. Cooperative federalism pg. 98
  25. Section 3 The National Government’s Powers Have Increased

  26. Gibbons vs. Ogden pg. 99
  27. Grant-in-aid pg. 101
  28. Categorical grant pg. 101
  29. Block grant pg. 102
  30. Revenue Sharing pg. 102

Section 4 Federalism Links the Fifty States

  1. "Full faith and credit" clause pg. 103

  2. Extradition pg. 104

  3. Comity clause pg. 104

  4. Interstate Compact pg. 106

  5. Reciprocity pg. 107

  6. Additional Court Cases

  7. Gideon vs. Wainwright pg. 182-183

  8. Engel vs. Vitale pg. 141, 146

  9. Tinker vs. Des Moines School District pg. 151

  10. Plessy vs. Ferguson pg. 196-198

  11. Brown vs. Board of Education, pg.200-202

  12. Mapp vs. Ohio pg. 173

  13. Miranda vs. Arizona pg. 179


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