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| Federalism | Form of government with governmental powers divided between a central government and several regional governments; this geographically based division of powers is made by an authority superior to both the central and the regional governments. In the United States, the division of powers between the National government and the 50 States is made by the constitution. |
| Division of Powers | Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (in the United States between the National Government and the States. |
| Delegated Powers | Those powers (expressed, implied , inherent) granted to the National Government by the constitution. |
| Expressed Powers | Those delegated powers of the National government that are given to it in so many words by the Constitution; also sometimes called the "enumerated powers." |
| Implied Powers | Those delegated powers of the National government implied by (inferred fromm) the expressed powers; those "necessary and proper" to carry out the expressed powers. |
| Inherent Powers | Those delegated powers of the National government that belong to it because it is the national government of a sovereign state. |
| Reserved Powers | Those powers held by the States in the American federal system. |
| Exclusive Powers | Most of the delegated powers; those held by the National government alone. |
| Concurrent Powers | Powers held by the National government and the States in the federal system. s |
| Enabling Act | A congressional act that allows the people of a United States territory to prepare a constitution as a step toward admission as a State in the Union. |
| Act of Admission | a congressional act admitting a United States territory into the Union as a State. |
| Grants-in-Aid Program | Financial aid granted by one government to another, with the funds available subject to certain conditions and to be used for certain purposes. |
| Block Grant | One type of federal grants-in-aid; block grant monies are to be used in some particular but broadly defined area of public policy (e.g., education or highways) |
| Interstate Compact | Formal agreement between or among States, authorized by the Constitution. |
| Full Faith and Credit | Constitution's Requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. |
| Extradition | Legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to it from another State. |
