Federalism

3. The authority to legislate for the protection of the health, morals, safety, and welfare of the people. In the United States, most police power is reserved to the states.
6. basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis
7. A system consisting of a league of independent states, each having essentially sovereign powers. The central government created by such a league has only limited powers over the states.
9. a congressional act directing the people of a United States territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step towards admissions to the Union
10. A model of federalism in which the states and the national government cooperate in solving problems.

1. those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out, expressly, in the Constitution; also called the "enumerated powers"
2. a system of government in which powers are divided between a national government and regional government. It allows for shared power, dual sovereignty and creates a compound republic.
4. The section of the Constitution in which Congress is given the power to regulate trade among the states and with foreign countries.
5. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States
8. A model of federalism that looks on national and state governments as co-equal sovereign powers. Neither the state government nor the national government should interfere in the other's sphere.