US Policy and Administration V181 Test #1

Federalism - Answer-A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments Separation of powers - Answer-Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law Stages Model - Answer-1. Home Market only 2. Indirect Export 3. Direct Export 4. Foreign Production Commerce clause - Answer-The clause in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations. Enumerated Powers - Answer-Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and declare war. Articles of Confederation - Answer-1st Constitution of the U.S. (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) Public Interest - Answer-the concerns of the public as a whole Classical Liberalism - Answer-Emphasizes freedom, democracy, and the importance of the individual. Law - Answer-A body of enforceable rules governing relationships among individuals and between individuals and their society. Elastic Clause - Answer-Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which allows Congress to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers of the Constitution. Supremacy Clause - Answer-Article VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits. Diversity - Answer-(n.) difference, variety; a condition of having many different types of forms 10th Amendment - Answer-The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.