Dividing Government Power

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Across
  1. 5. power held by the national government and the state governments at the same time
  2. 7. Article IV of the constitution
  3. 9. what johnson called his approach to solving national problems
  4. 12. can only be used for a specific purpose, or category, of state or local spending
  5. 13. in the 1980's, many political leaders worked to reverse this trend by returning authority to state governments
  6. 14. referred to as enumerated powers
  7. 17. a system of spending, taxing, and providing aid in the federal system
  8. 18. include money and other resources that the national government provides to pay for state and local activities
Down
  1. 1. not specifically listed in the constitution but they are logical extensions of expressed powers
  2. 2. idea that states had the right to separate from the union was known as
  3. 3. federal grants that are given for more general purposes
  4. 4. are not specifically mentioned in the constitution but they belong to the states
  5. 6. powers that historically belong to all governments that conduct the business of a sovereign nation
  6. 8. idea of returning power to states
  7. 10. some southern states believed that states had the right to nullify national laws that they believed contradicted or clashed with state interest
  8. 11. both states and national governments were equal authorities operating within their own spheres of influence
  9. 15. demands on states to carry out certain policies
  10. 16. federalism under the new deal