Government vocab honors 9
Across
- 2. person who supported Constitution
- 4. The division of political power between the state and federal governments under the U.S. Constitution (also known as the "division of powers").
- 5. One house legislature
- 7. Formal Approval
- 8. fund used for closely defined purpose, conditions by national government
- 9. Power helds by both National and State governments
- 10. Led to Judicial Review
- 11. Powers only held by National government
- 12. fund used for broad purpose, state have freedom to choose where to use funds
- 13. People who represent others at a convention/conference
- 14. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
- 20. written plan of government
- 21. Article term-13 VI of the Constitution, which makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws when the national government is acting within its constitutional limits.
- 23. official documents, through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government.”
- 24. Part of Article IV of the Constitution that requires states to extradite, or return, criminals to states where they have been convicted or are to stand trial.
- 25. A belief that ultimate power resides in the people; consent of the governed
- 26. Person who opposed Constitution without BOR
- 27. The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population.
- 28. Powers held by only the states' government
- 29. The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional that was established through the Supreme Court case Marbury v Madison
- 31. "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for representation based on population in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation.
- 32. Directly stated in the Constitution for National Government
- 34. 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1777 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Down
- 1. Signed on July 4th 1776, promotes the ideas of consent of the governed, unalienable rights, and justification of independence by listing abuses of the king.
- 2. Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
- 3. Grants of federal money or other resources to the states and their cities, counties, and local units
- 6. two house legislature
- 15. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
- 16. a pact made by the president directly with the head of a foreign state
- 17. Implied in Constitution and expressed powers, not explicitly stated
- 18. A principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution.
- 19. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law.
- 22. 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1777 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
- 30. Powers that belong to the National government because it's the national government of a sovereign state in the world community
- 33. used for individual project of states, states, localities, and private agencies compete for