Gage's Government Crossword

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  1. 5. (Three Words) A clause in the Constitution establishes the Constitution and United States laws as the “supreme Law of the Land.”
  2. 8. (Two Words) Powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
  3. 9. (Two Words) Links people and government, gives voice to people.
  4. 10. (Four Words) An election system in which the candidate with the most votes wins.
  5. 14. (Two Words) An election
  6. 17. (Two Words) A structure within a society that connects the people to the government or other centralized authority
  7. 21. (Three Words) An act creating a new state
  8. 22. in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
  9. 24. (Two Words) Grants given to the states for a specific project, with little to no freedom in how it's spent.
  10. 25. (Three Words) Grants of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, or localities.
  11. 26. (Two Words) Money that goes to local government in areas where there are large federal land holding in lieu of property taxes that the local government can’t collect from the national government.
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  1. 1. (Two Words) Powers found directly within the Constitution.
  2. 2. (Two Words) Powers that are not expressly stated in the Constitution, but are reasonably suggested, or implied by, the expressed powers.
  3. 3. The legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
  4. 4. (Two Words) Voting for candidates from multiple parties.
  5. 6. (Two Words) Grants given to states with certain strings attached, limiting what the money could be spent on.
  6. 7. (Two Words) Agreements among States with consent from Congress.
  7. 11. (Two Words) An act directing people of the territory to frame a proposed constitution.
  8. 12. (Two Words) Grants given to the states, in which they could spend it freely.
  9. 13. (Five Words) The Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States.
  10. 15. (Two Words) Citizen participation level and awareness of government decisions
  11. 16. A system of government in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national government and the State governments
  12. 18. (Two Words) Powers that belong only because the U.S. is sovereign. There are few of these. One is the National Gov’ts ability to regulate immigration.
  13. 19. (Two Words) A collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence government for specific ends.
  14. 20. (Two Words) Powers that can be exercised by the National Gov’t alone.
  15. 23. (Two Words) Powers that both National and State Government have.