AP U.S. Government:Chapter 3 Section 3

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Across
  1. 2. Categorical grants can only be used for ________ purposes
  2. 5. Devolution is the ________ of responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments
  3. 7. Similar to a layered cake
  4. 9. Republicans first wanted to ______ responsibility for policies to the states
  5. 10. ________ is a federal grant program administered by states and expanded by Congress
  6. 12. Categorical grants are federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes, or "categories," of state and local spending. They come with ______ attached, such as nondiscrimination provisions
  7. 14. Similar to a marble cake
  8. 17. Project grants are federal categorical grants given for specific _________ and awarded on the basis of the merits of applications
  9. 19. Block grants are federal grants given more or less ______________ to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services
  10. 20. Most states and many cities have established full-time staffs in __________ for federal grants
Down
  1. 1. After the mid 1990s, Republicans now want to ________ state power
  2. 3. Fiscal federalism is the pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal system; it is the ___________ of the national government's relations with state and local governments
  3. 4. Dual federalism is a system of government in which both the states and the national government remain supreme ______ their own spheres, each responsible for some policies
  4. 6. The national government has a strong influence over the states through ______
  5. 8. Formula grants are federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in ___________ or in administrative regulations
  6. 11. There is more than $600 _______ in federal grants for states available
  7. 13. Cooperative federalism is a system of government in which powers and policy assignments are ______ between states and the national government
  8. 15. Mandates may create unintentional financial ___________
  9. 16. Federal __________ is delivered through grants
  10. 18. States can influence the national government through local _________ for national officials