friday activity-chapter 2/3

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Across
  1. 3. the process of selecting to judges where the nomination is by appointment and the subsequent retention is by a retention election
  2. 4. first 10 amendments in the constitution, establish freedoms
  3. 5. political party established by Thomas Jefferson and his followers. opposed the constitution, supported bill of rights.
  4. 7. powers held by both the state and national government in the federal system
  5. 8. required states to return runaway slaves
  6. 9. act of formally withdrawing from the nation
  7. 12. formal way to change the constitution
  8. 16. doctrine holding state governments separate from federal government
  9. 18. the authority of the president to place certain legislations that are passed by congress
  10. 21. meeting in 1787 where the 12 states discussed the articles of confederation but decided to create the constitution
  11. 23. a view that states should have independent authority to go against the federal government of the constitution
  12. 24. systemsystem of government that authority rests with regional government
  13. 26. authority of courts to rule laws unconstitutional
  14. 27. powers that aren't explicitly given to congress but given with necessary clause.
  15. 28. makes federal law more important than state laws
  16. 29. system of goverment where authority lies with national government
  17. 30. presidential electors selected to represent their selected states during the election.
Down
  1. 1. authorities other branches to have certain control over the others used to make sure one branch doesn't have to much power.
  2. 2. A document (or set of documents) that will establish the basic rules for how a society should be governed.
  3. 6. give congress the power to pass certain laws outside of their normal powers in the constitution
  4. 10. powers granted to the congress by the constitution
  5. 11. FDR's plan to add new supreme court justices so they would uphold his ideas
  6. 13. the right of the states to rule that acts of congress laws are invalid/illegal
  7. 14. authority is spread amongst branches equally giving them each different responsibilities
  8. 15. Compromise on legislative representation where the lower chamber is based on population and the states are represented equally by the upper chamber
  9. 17. political party that was established by Alexander Hamilton and his followers. supported the constitution
  10. 19. political powers is exercised directly by the citizens
  11. 20. system of government where national and state powers are slipt equally
  12. 22. compromise that granted states more representation in the house of representatives depending on how many slaves you have. counting them as 3/5 a person
  13. 25. powers the states possess under the constitution