8/30 Crossword Activity
Across
- 2. A system of government where citizens vote themselves and not through representatives
- 3. Article in the Constitution that grants Congress the power to regulate business across states lines or that affect more than one state or outside nations
- 6. Ability of the judicial branch to declare acts of the other two branches unconstitutional
- 7. (1819) Court case where the Supreme Court ruled Congress could create a national bank
- 9. Article of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to tax to provide for health, peace, morality, and safety of the public
- 11. Powers of Congress that are not specified in the Constitution
- 13. Rule by the people
- 14. An article that gives Congress the power to pass all laws that are necessary and proper to its enumerated powers
- 16. Document that the Continental Congress adopted which outlined the first system of government in the United States which gave most of the power to the states
- 17. A state’s declaring an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional null and void
- 20. People who opposed the ratification of the Constitution
- 22. (1803) Court case that established the power of judicial review
- 23. President’s power to reject a bill passed by Congress
- 24. System of government in which states have sovereign powers, and a central government has limited powers over the states
- 27. Powers of Congress that are specified in the Constitution
- 28. Makes federal laws supreme over state laws
- 29. System of government where states and the federal government both have power
Down
- 1. Groups that influence government by backing candidates for election to enact a supported set of public policies
- 4. The president is indirectly elected through this system
- 5. Powers held jointly by the national and state governments
- 8. (1787) Meeting at which all twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation buy ended up proposing an entirely new Construction
- 10. A system of government where citizens vote on representatives to govern them
- 12. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 15. A Constitutional division of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
- 18. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government
- 19. FDR’s failed plan to add new justices to the Supreme Court so they would uphold his polices
- 20. Formal process of changing the constitution
- 21. Process for selecting state judges where the judge is originally appointed, and a retention election determine if the judge stays
- 25. Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
- 26. People who supported the ratification of the Constitution and later was the name of a political party supporting Alexander Hamilton