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| a way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people | Federalism |
| A way of organizing a nation so that all power resides in the central government | Unitary Governments |
| The works of a federal system-the entire set of interactions among national, state, and local governments, including regulations, transfers of funds, and the sharing of information | Intergovernmental Relations |
| the clause that makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws as long as the national government is acting within its constitutional limits | Supremacy Clause |
| an 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments | McCulloch v. Maryland |
| Powers specifically addressed in the Constitution | Enumerated Powers |
| Powers going beyond those enumerated in the Constitution | Implied Powers |
| Authorizes Congress to pass all laws necessary and proper to carry out the enumerated powers | Elastic Clause |
| Requires each state to recognize the proceedings of all other states | Full Faith and Credit |
| a state surrenders a person charged with a crime to the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed | Extradition |
| accords citizens of each state the privileges of citizens of other states | Privileges and Immunities |
| Both the states and the national government remain supreme within their own spheres, each responsible for some policies | Dual Federalism |
| A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government | Cooperative Federalism |
| Transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments | Devolution |
| The pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal system | Fiscal Federalism |
| Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes of state and local spending | Categorical Grants |
| Federal categorical grant given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of the merits of applications | Project Grants |
| Federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations | Formula Grants |
