Chapter 4 Vocabulary - Federalism

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Across
  1. 1. powers directly stated in the U.S. Constitution (enumerated powers)
  2. 4. a law that requires periodic checks of laws or of government agencies to see if they are still needed
  3. 6. powers the U.S. Constitution gives to the national government
  4. 7. an act that allows the people of a territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution
  5. 13. the federal government's ability to take over a state government's function
  6. 15. a sum of money given to a state or local government for a specific purpose
  7. 16. powers retained by both the state and national government
  8. 18. powers the U.S. Government requires to carry out its expressed constitutional powers (think Elastic Clause)
  9. 19. the stated course of action the government takes to address problems or issues
  10. 20. powers that belong strictly to the states
Down
  1. 2. a position that favors the state and local action in dealing with problems
  2. 3. a system where two or more governments exercise power over the same people and the same territory
  3. 5. a formal order given by a higher authority
  4. 8. a law prohibiting public officials from holding meetings not open to the public
  5. 9. to return a fugitive who flees across state lines to the original state
  6. 10. a position that favors national/federal action in dealing with a problem
  7. 11. Neither the national government nor the state holds the power
  8. 12. Article VI of the U.S. Constitution identifying the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land
  9. 14. a written agreement between two or more states
  10. 17. an act that limits a state's ability to regulate an area