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| Federal grants to a state and/or local government that impose minimal restrictions on the use of funds. |
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| Federal grants to a state and/or local government that impose programmatic restriction on the use of funds. |
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| Constitutional provision that gives Congress power to regulate commerce "among the states." |
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| The theory that all levels of government can work toogether to solve common problems. |
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| Return of governmental responsibilities to state and local governments. |
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| Legal doctrine that local governments are mere creatures of the state. |
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| A theory of federalism say that both the national and state governments have final authority over their own policy domains. |
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| Division of sovereignty between at least two levels of government. |
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| The most comprehensive of block grants, which gives money to state and local governments to be used for any purpose whastsoever. |
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| State chief executive whose responsibilities roughly parallel those of the president. |
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| Series of programs enacted under President Lyndon Johnson, designed to address social ill's in the nation's poor, elderly, and minority communities. |
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| The way in which grant programs are administered at the local level. |
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| Grant from the national government to a state or local government. |
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| laboratories of democracy |
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| Doctrine that state and local governments contribute to democracy by providing places where experiments are tried and new theories tested. |
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| Decision of 1819 in which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the state's power to tax a federal government entity. |
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| Programs created by the Franklin Roosevelt administration that expanded the power of the federal government for the purpose of stimulating economic recovery and establishing a national safety net. |
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| Everyone wants the problem solved, but "not in my backyard." |
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| A doctrine that says that states have the authority to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional. |
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| Special legislative benefits targeted toward the constituents of particular members of Congress. |
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| Redrawing of electoral district lines to reflect population changes; the allocation of House seats to the states after each decennial census. |
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| Fundamental governmental authority. |
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| Constitutional provision that gives Congress the power to collect taxes to provide for the general welfare. |
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| Legal doctrine, based on the Eleventh Ammendment, that says states cannot be sued under federal law. |
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| Stifling of dissent by those voted into power by the majority. |
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| Federal regulations that impose burdens on state and local governments without appropriating enough money to cover costs. |
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| System under which all authority is held by a single, national government. |
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| One of the most controversial of the Great Society programs, designed to enhance the economic opportunity of low-income citizens. |
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