Gov test Vocab

The supreme authority to govern within a certain geographical area

A governmental system in which authority is divided between two sovereign levels of government: national and regional

A governmental system where the national government alone has ultimate authority

A governmental system where sovereignty is vested entirely in state governments

The seventeen powers granted to the national government under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.  These powers include taxation and the regulation of commerce as well as the authority to provide for the national defense.

Article 6 of the Constitution, which makes national law supreme over state law when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits

The authority granted to Congress in Article 1, Section 8 "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper" for the implementation of its enumerated powers

The federal government's constitutional authority (through the "necessary and proper"clause) to take action that is not expressly authorized by the Constitution but that supports actions that are so authorized

The powers granted to the states under the tenth amendment to the Constitution

The process by which national authority has increased over the course of US history as a result primarily of economic change but also of political action

A doctrine based on the idea that a precise separation of national power and state power is both possible and desirable

The authority granted to Congress in Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution to "regulate commerce" among the states

The situation in which the national, state, and local levels work together to solve problems

A term that refers to the expenditure of federal funds on programs run in part through states and localities

Federal cash payments to states and localities for programs they administer

Federal grants in aid to states and localities that can be used only for designated projects

Federal grants in aid that permit state and local officials to decide how the money will be spent within a general area

The passing down of authority from the national government to the state and local governments