Constitution/Federalism Crossword
Across
- 6. Separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power
- 7. Plan proposed by William Patterson where the legislature is unicameral and operated through the states
- 10. Doctrine holding that state governments and the federal government have almost completely separate functions
- 11. Powers held by both the state and national governments in a federal system
- 12. While not specifically mentioned in the constitution, it may be inferred
- 13. First ten amendments of the Constitution
- 15. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
- 16. Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
- 17. To formally withdraw from a nation state
- 20. View that states have strong independent authority to resist federal rules under Congress
- 21. Gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper to the powers enumerated in the Constitution
- 22. Required colonists to export only certain items to Britain
- 23. Gives Congress the right to regulate commerce with foreign countries, Indian tribes, and various states
- 25. Process for selecting state judges whereby the original nomination is the appointment, and subsequent retention is by a retention election
- 26. Rights of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe illegal
- 28. Roosevelts proposal for adding new justices to the supreme court so that the Court would uphold his policies
- 29. Branch of government that makes laws
- 30. The authority of the president to reject a law that the legislative bra
Down
- 1. Plan proposed by James Madison where there is a bicameral legislature and operated through the people
- 2. Proposed the Virginia Plan
- 3. Branch of government that enforces laws and contains the President
- 4. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches, with each having its own powers and responsibility
- 5. Branch of government that reviews laws and contains the Supreme Court
- 8. Form of democracy in which political power is exercised by citizens
- 9. Proposed the New Jersey Plan
- 14. Form of government where power derives from its citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to the law
- 18. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who cast the votes for the president every four years
- 19. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive Branch to be unconstitutional
- 24. Final document that contains the amendments and provides the guidelines for our government to this day
- 27. Formal process of changing the Constitution