| A | B |
| Enabling Act | directs a territory to prepare a Constitution |
| Civil Laws | governs relationships and defines people's legal rights |
| Criminal Laws | forbids actions / provides punishment |
| Interstate compact | agreement on flood control |
| Federal mandate | requirements imposed on state and local governments |
| Block grants | broadly defined federal funds |
| Grants-in-aid | money federal government provides for state activities |
| Expressed powers | state specifically in the Constitution |
| 10th Amendment | reserved powers |
| Supremacy Clause | Constitution is highest law in the land |
| Morrill Act | federal land given to universities |