US/VA GOVERNMENT TERMS Crossword

Federal System - A system of government where power is shared between the central government and state and local
Reserved Powers - The powers reserved to the states and the people in the Tenth
Concurrent Powers - Powers exercised simultaneously by the states and the federal
Expressed Powers - The specific powers given to Congress or the president by the Constitution; also called the enumerated
Delegated Powers - Powers granted by Congress to help the president fulfill his
Implied Powers - Powers given to the national government by the necessary and proper
Inherent Powers - The powers inherent to the national government because the United States is a sovereign
Full Faith And Credit Clause - A clause in Article IV of the Constitution that declares that state governments must give full faith and credit to other state governments’
Necessary And Proper Clause - A clause at the end of Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the power to do whatever is necessary and
Privileges And Immunities Clause - Part of the Fourteenth Amendment, which forbids state governments from taking away any of the privileges and immunities of American
Supremacy Clause - The part of Article VI of the Constitution that specifies that the federal Constitution, and laws passed by the federal government, are the supreme law of the
Dual Federalism - A term to describe federalism through most of the nineteenth century, where the federal and state governments each had their own issue areas, which rarely overlapped; also known as layer-cake
Cooperative Federalism - A term used to describe federalism for most of the twentieth century (and into the twenty-first), where the federal government and the states work closely together and are intertwined; also known as marble-cake
Fiscal Federalism - The practice of states spending federal money to help administer national
Grant-In-Aid - A general term to describe federal aid given to the states for a particular
Mandate - When the federal government requires states to do certain
Devolution - The process of the national government giving responsibilities and powers to state, local, or regional
Confederate System - A system of government with a very weak central government and strong