Federalism Crossword

4. Powers that the National & State governments both possess and exercise.
6. States and local governments can apply for these to get money from the government
8. Governmental powers are divided
10. directs people to frame a proposed state constitution
11. My daughter's name
12. My (affordable) dream car. (Hint: I keep a Hotwheels version of one on my desk.)
13. They wanted to limit the power of the states.
14. a system of government in which a written constitution divides power of the government (usually between central government and state).
15. Under this, Congress gave an annual share of the huge federal tax revenue to the states and their cities, counties, and townships.

1. The Anti-Federalists believed we needed this to prevent the central government from taking rights away from the citizens.
2. The process of returning a fugitive from the state they fled to back to their own state.
3. Agreement among states to get together, kind of like an alliance or treaty.
5. No state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other states.
7. Federalists did not want to follow this exactly and believed the central government needed more power than what was written.
9. They both favor checks and balances, however this group thought the states deserved more power.