Civics Ch. 4
Terms
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- privileges
- freedoms granted to a state's citizens that other states may not deny
- division of powers
- the seperation of duties and responsibilities between the states and the national government
- expressed powers
- powers that are stated directly in the Constitution
- implied powers
- powers that are not stated directly in the constitution but can be reasonably assumed but the expressed powers
- reserved powers
- powers that belong exclusively to the 50 states
- denied powers
- powers the Constitution denies to the national government
- delegated powers
- powers the Constitution gives the national government
- interstate compacts
- agreements that states may enter into with one another
- guidelines
- rules
- concurrent powers
- powers that the states and the national gavernmane both exercise
- commerce power
- congress's power to regulate commerce
- nationalist position
- the opinion that the national government is better suited to act for all the people in dealing with problems
- power to tax
- the national governments power to tax the people for revenue
- inherent powers
- powers that are not directly stated in the Constitution but belong to the national government
- public policy
- the goals that governments set for itself in order to solve problems
- immunities
- rights granted to a state's citizens that other states man not deny
- states' rights position
- the opinion that state and local governments should deal with social and economic problems
- extradition
- the returning of a fugitive to the state where he or she is wanted
- war power
- the power of the national government to wage war