| A | B |
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| Governmental concerns considered to be primarily the responsibility of the central government. | national interests |
| Government concerns considered to be primarily the responsibility of the state governments. | states' rights |
| Supreme or ultimate political authority. | sovereignty |
| A system in which wovereignty is wholly in the hands of the national government. | unitary system |
| A system in which the state governments are sovereign and the national government may do only whate the states permit. | confederation or confederal system |
| A system in which sovereignty is shared between the national and the state governments. | federal system |
| The Founders'term for a federation. | federal republic |
| The clause that stipulates that powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the states or to the people. | Tenth Amendment |
| A Supreme Court decision embodying the principle of implied powers of the national government. | McCulloch v. Maryland |
| The phrase used by the Supreme Court to create the category of implied powers of the national government. | necessary-and-proper clause |
| A doctrine espoused by Calhoun that states could hold certain national policies invalid within their boundaries. | nullification |
| The doctrine that both state and national governments are supreme in their respective spherese. | dual federalism |
| Federal funds provided to states and localities. | grants-in-aid |
| State educational institutions built with the benefit of federally donated lands. | land grant colleges |
| A federal grant for a specific purpose, often with accompanying conditions and/or requiring a local match. | categorical grant |
| A federal grant that could be used for a variety of purposes, usually with few accompanying restrictions. | block grants |
| Business that is conducted entirely within one state. | intrastate commerce |
| Federal rules that states must follow, whether they receive federal grants or not. | mandates |
| Federal rules that states must follow if they choose to receive the fededral grants with which the rules are associated. | conditions of aid |
| The Federalist author who said that both state and federal governments "are in fact but different agents and trustees of the people constituted with different powers." | James Madison |
| Business that is conducted in more than one state. | interstate commerce |
| Program to distribute welfare benefits that was formerly federally funded then devolved to the states in 1996. | AFDC |
| Federally funded medical care for the pair. | Medicaid |
| An effort to shift responsibility for a wide range of domestic programs from Washington to the states. | devolution |
| Those state laws and regulations not otherwise unconstitutional, that promote the health, saftety, and morals. | police powers |
| A procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office. | recall |
| A procdure that enables voters to reject a measure adopted by the legislature. | referendum |
| a federal grant that requires no matching funds and provides freedom in how to spend it | revenue sharing |
