CHAPTER 2 AND 3

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Across
  1. 2. rule by the people
  2. 7. form of government in which power derives from citizens but public officials makes policy and govern based on existing law
  3. 13. powers retained by the states under the constitution
  4. 15. powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system
  5. 17. granted states extra representation in the house of reps based on ratio of slaves at the ratio of three fifths
  6. 19. formal process of changing the constitution
  7. 20. expressly granted to congress by the constitution
  8. 21. form of democracy in which political power is exercised directly by citizens
  9. 22. presidential electors selected to represent the cotes of their respective states
  10. 24. roosevelt's proposal to add new justices to the supreme court so that the court would uphold his policies
  11. 26. set of documents that establish the basic rules for how a society is governed
  12. 27. to formally withdraw from a nation-state
  13. 28. required states to return runaway slaves
  14. 30. system of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional governments
Down
  1. 1. broad coalitions of interests organized to win elections
  2. 3. system of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government
  3. 4. those who supported the constitution during ratification period
  4. 5. supreme court decision upholding the right of congress to create a bank
  5. 6. view that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under the constitution
  6. 8. gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations
  7. 9. makes federal law supreme over state laws
  8. 10. first ten amendments to the constitution
  9. 11. initial governing authority of the united states
  10. 12. process for selecting site judges whereby the original nomination is by appointment
  11. 14. gives congress power to provide for general welfare
  12. 16. those who opposed the new constitution
  13. 18. authority of courts to declare laws passed by congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
  14. 23. government structure that authorizes each bank of government to share powers with the other branches
  15. 25. system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
  16. 29. powers not expressly stated in the constitution but added through the necessary and proper clause