POLS 206 TAMU EXAM 1 | ACTUAL
STUDY SET | QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Enumerated Powers - ANSW-- Specific powers given to Congress
- Stated under Article I, section 8
- necessary and proper clause
- implied powers
Reserved powers - ANSW--10th Amendment
- Powers not delegated to the national government are reserved to the States or to the people
- Forms the basis for many state laws
- As long as the powers are not explicitly given to the national government and the Supreme Court has
not deemed such a law unconstitutional
Extradition clause - ANSW-- Requires state to (return) criminals to states where they have been convicted
or are to stand trial
Dual federalism - ANSW-- Posits that having separate and equally powerful levels of government is the
best arrangement
- A shift in the way federalism is interpreted
- Layer cake
Categorical grants - ANSW-- Narrowly defined purposes such as federal highway grants to states for road
construction
- Often available on a matching basis; states must contribute some money to match some of the federal
funds
- Money given to states can alter their policy objectives
Missouri Compromise 1820 - ANSW-- → 1st major legislative compromise → Settle the slavery issue by
drawing a line between state & free territory
- NO slavery above 36°30' latitude like (except (state)
Concurrent powers - ANSW-- Those shared by the federal and state governments
Examples of concurrent Powers - ANSW--Power to tax
-Right to borrow money
-Can establish courts
-Charter banks
, -Spend money for the general welfare
Supremacy Clause - ANSW-- Stating that all laws made furthering the Constitution and all treaties made
under the authority of the U.S. are "supreme law of the land"
Full faith and credit clause - ANSW-- Requiring each state to recognize the official documents and civil
judgements rendered by the courts of other states
- ex: driver's license
Cooperative federalism - ANSW-- needed because of great depression
- state and local governments are like federal field agents
- The intertwined relationship between national, state, and local government that began with the New
Deal (marble cake federalism)
- needed because of great depression
- new deal programs
- Programs developed at federal level but administered by state
Block grants - ANSW-- For board purposes; consolidate many categorical grants into fewer, less restrictive
grants
- Ex. maintaining health or promoting education
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 - ANSW-- Two states became slave states → Allowing future settlers in
territories to decide slave/free state
- repealed Missouri compromise
- Congress delayed Kansas' entry into the union until 1861
Bill of attainder - ANSW-- A law declaring an act illegal without providing a judicial trial
Ex post facto law - ANSW-- Laws that criminalize an act even if it was legal when committed
- Increases the punishment for a crime after it was already committed
- Changes the rule of evidence to make conviction easier
- ex: speeding
Necessary and proper clause - ANSW-- Allows Congress to make all laws necessary and proper to carry
out all powers the Constitution vests in the national government
Nullification (nullification doctrine) - ANSW-- States could invalidate federal laws deemed
unconstitutional
Privileges and immunities clause - ANSW-- Guarantees that citizens of each state have same rights as
citizens of all other states
Civil liberties - ANSW-- Personal guarantees and freedoms that government cannot abridge, either by
law, constitution, or judicial interpretation
- freedom from arbitrary and discriminatory treatment
STUDY SET | QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Enumerated Powers - ANSW-- Specific powers given to Congress
- Stated under Article I, section 8
- necessary and proper clause
- implied powers
Reserved powers - ANSW--10th Amendment
- Powers not delegated to the national government are reserved to the States or to the people
- Forms the basis for many state laws
- As long as the powers are not explicitly given to the national government and the Supreme Court has
not deemed such a law unconstitutional
Extradition clause - ANSW-- Requires state to (return) criminals to states where they have been convicted
or are to stand trial
Dual federalism - ANSW-- Posits that having separate and equally powerful levels of government is the
best arrangement
- A shift in the way federalism is interpreted
- Layer cake
Categorical grants - ANSW-- Narrowly defined purposes such as federal highway grants to states for road
construction
- Often available on a matching basis; states must contribute some money to match some of the federal
funds
- Money given to states can alter their policy objectives
Missouri Compromise 1820 - ANSW-- → 1st major legislative compromise → Settle the slavery issue by
drawing a line between state & free territory
- NO slavery above 36°30' latitude like (except (state)
Concurrent powers - ANSW-- Those shared by the federal and state governments
Examples of concurrent Powers - ANSW--Power to tax
-Right to borrow money
-Can establish courts
-Charter banks
, -Spend money for the general welfare
Supremacy Clause - ANSW-- Stating that all laws made furthering the Constitution and all treaties made
under the authority of the U.S. are "supreme law of the land"
Full faith and credit clause - ANSW-- Requiring each state to recognize the official documents and civil
judgements rendered by the courts of other states
- ex: driver's license
Cooperative federalism - ANSW-- needed because of great depression
- state and local governments are like federal field agents
- The intertwined relationship between national, state, and local government that began with the New
Deal (marble cake federalism)
- needed because of great depression
- new deal programs
- Programs developed at federal level but administered by state
Block grants - ANSW-- For board purposes; consolidate many categorical grants into fewer, less restrictive
grants
- Ex. maintaining health or promoting education
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 - ANSW-- Two states became slave states → Allowing future settlers in
territories to decide slave/free state
- repealed Missouri compromise
- Congress delayed Kansas' entry into the union until 1861
Bill of attainder - ANSW-- A law declaring an act illegal without providing a judicial trial
Ex post facto law - ANSW-- Laws that criminalize an act even if it was legal when committed
- Increases the punishment for a crime after it was already committed
- Changes the rule of evidence to make conviction easier
- ex: speeding
Necessary and proper clause - ANSW-- Allows Congress to make all laws necessary and proper to carry
out all powers the Constitution vests in the national government
Nullification (nullification doctrine) - ANSW-- States could invalidate federal laws deemed
unconstitutional
Privileges and immunities clause - ANSW-- Guarantees that citizens of each state have same rights as
citizens of all other states
Civil liberties - ANSW-- Personal guarantees and freedoms that government cannot abridge, either by
law, constitution, or judicial interpretation
- freedom from arbitrary and discriminatory treatment
