AP U.S Gov.

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Across
  1. 9. Grants of money from the federal government to states for programs in certain general areas rather than pacific kinds of programs
  2. 10. Laws passed enforced by city government
  3. 12. A list of individual rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech , religion, and the press
  4. 13. constitutional authority is shared by three separate branches of government(the legislative, the executive, and the judicial)
  5. 15. An alliance among different interest group, faction, or parties to achieve some political goal
  6. 16. Allows voters to place legislative measures directly on the ballot by getting enough signatures on a petition
  7. 17. supportersof a stronger central government who advocated ratification of the Constitution
  8. 18. A law providing for the distribution of a fixed amount or share of federal tax revenues to the states for spending on almost any government purpose
  9. 21. Special-district government responsible for administering public schools
  10. 22. system of government in which power is centralized in the national government; regional governments only exercise powers given by national government
  11. 24. A theory that the states had the right to nullify a federal law, that, in the states' opinion, violated the Constitution
  12. 25. though the national government was supreme in its sphere, the states were equally supreme in theirs, and that these two spheres of action should and could be kept separate
  13. 27. human right based on nature or God
  14. 28. Tells the state government what it must do, period
Down
  1. 1. Plan to have a popularly elected House based on state population and a state-selected Senate, with two new members for each state.
  2. 2. The effort to devolve onto the states the national government's functions in areas such as welfare, health care, and job training
  3. 3. power of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government to block some acts by the other two branches
  4. 4. group with a distinct political interest
  5. 5. A procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office
  6. 6. local units of government have a specially protected existence and can make some final decisions over some governmental activities
  7. 7. Largest territorial units between a state or a city or a town
  8. 8. of political organization in which government power is divided between a central government and territorial subdivisions
  9. 11. Supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries
  10. 14. opponents of a strong central government against the ratification of the constitution
  11. 19. The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
  12. 20. Changes in or addition to the U.S Constitution
  13. 23. Process in which a measure passed by a legislature is submitted to the voters for final approval or rejection
  14. 26. Municipal corp. that has been chartered by a state to exercise certain defined powers and provide specific services