Federalism

AP Gov: Chapter 4 Vocab Terms

Block

Hey look its a grant with few strings attached (meaning the states have discretion in spending)

ADA

Acronym for the federal law that requires building be accessible for people with disabilities (the states were made to comply - hence Federalism)

Categorical

A grant to states given by the federal government that have to spent on a specific thing (e.g. money for bridges). This is in contrast to BLOCK grants

Civil War

Amendments 13-15 are the Reconstruction Amendments passed after the… 

Commerce

The clause in the Constitution used to raise the drinking age, ban discrimination in hotels, and prevent states from taxing one another

Concurrent

Collecting taxes is an example of a (blank) power

Devolution

President Ronald Reagan’s idea (not to be confused with Darwin) of shrinking the federal government, cutting taxes, and putting more responsibility on the states 

Dole

Through this case didn’t raise the drinking age, it allowed Congress to withhold federal highway funding if states refused to raise the drinking age to 21

Earmark

When members of Congress appropriate federal money for their state or district, it is known as an….

Education

Ignore No Child Left Behind (now ESSA) and is it clear that the state government bears most of the responsibility for (blank) 

Elevator

Thanks to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Northview High School has an…

Enumerated

Expressed powers are also known as (blank) powers. It means that they are actually numbered in the Constitution.

Ex Post Facto

A power denied Congress, it is a law that punishes after the fact - clap clap clap clap clap (this doesn’t have anything to do with Federalism, but it shows limited government)

Expressed 

If a law is not implied, it is likely (blank) aka enumerated

FDR

His view on the federal government was the opposite of Reagan’s - the federal government should be expanded to provide more services

Federalism

Cooperative (blank) or fiscal (blank) refers to situations in which the federal government works with state/local governments to accomplish a task with the federal government providing most of the funds

Funded

States prefer (blank) mandates because they are paid for with federal monies

Griswold

This Supreme Court case in 1965 led to a new national ‘right to privacy’

House

Chooses a president in the event that the Electoral College ends without a clear winner (not necessarily Federalism, but still important)

Implied

The fact that the federal government regulates strikes, builds dams, and funds interstate highways is an example of (blank) powers 

Mandate

A command - often given by the feds to the states

Mapp

Thanks to her, the Supreme Court created an exclusionary rule that every state must follow

Medicaid

A partially state. Partially federal funded health program for those in need.

Medicare

A health federal program for granny and gramps (paid for by the federal government NOT the states) we CARE about our old people.

Ohio

You get your license from the state of (blank) not the federal government

Review

Marbury v. Madison established judicial (blank) - The Supreme Court has the final say in the Constitutionality of issues

Roe

After the right to privacy ruling in 1965, this other case in 1973 determined that states cannot make abortion illegal - overturned in 2022 by Dobbs v Jackson (a more conservative Supremacy Court overturning precedent)

Senate

The President negotiates treaties but they are approved by the (blank)

States

In the relationship that is known as federalism, the (blanks) have the subservient (less powerful) role

Seven

Amendment number (blank)teen allowed for the direct election of Senators

Supremacy

The clause in the constitution that makes the federal law more important than state law

Ten

Amendment number (blank) is the federalism amendment

Texas

The Supreme Court told a little state called (blank) that it could not ban the burning of the American flag because it is an act of free speech

Unfunded 

The ADA and NCLB are examples of (blank) mandates

Reserved 

Those powers not delegated to the national government

Prayer

In Engle v. Vitale, the Supreme Court ruled that schools cannot have a morning (blank) read to students