HGOV Unit 3 Review

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Across
  1. 2. Concept that holds that the government and its officers are always subject to the law.
  2. 4. Article I deals with provision and details regarding the ______ Branch.
  3. 6. Amendment _____ abolished slavery.
  4. 7. Powers that both the national government and states possess are called ______.
  5. 11. _____ is a generic term referring to federal money or other resources given to State, cities, counties and other local units.
  6. 12. Custom that the Senate will not approve a Presidential appointment opposed by a Senator from the state in which the appointee would serve.
  7. 13. Amendment _____ gives Congress the power to levy an income tax.
  8. 15. Group of persons chosen in each State every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President.
  9. 17. Amendment _____ is big–Congress can’t deny your right to due process, property, not incriminate yourself, tried for the same crime twice.
  10. 19. Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone.
  11. 21. Amendment _____ protects the right to bear arms.
  12. 22. Amendment _____ says that states can’t deny the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  13. 23. A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states–according to Article II, it's a President’s role to negotiate these with Senate approval.
  14. 25. Articles IV deals with the relations between the various ______.
  15. 27. Those powers granted to the National Government by the Constitution.
  16. 29. Type of Federal grant made for some specifically defined purpose.
  17. 31. Basic principle that the government and those who govern must obey the constitution.
  18. 35. Amendment _____ acknowledges that the people have rights in addition to those specifically listed in the Bill of Rights.
  19. 37. Amendment _____ protects the freedom of religion, assembly, petition, press, and speech.
  20. 38. He is known as the “Father of the Constitution”
  21. 39. Change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of the four methods set forth in the Constitution.
  22. 42. Amendment _____ protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment + excessive bail.
  23. 43. Presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of the executive departments–good example of informal Constitutional amendment.
  24. 46. Amendment _____ states that troops can’t be quartered in your home without the homeowner’s consent.
  25. 47. Amendment _____ made any person born in the US a citizen plus told the states they can’t deny due process and equal protection of the law.
  26. 49. _____ refers to powers that belong strictly to the states.
  27. 50. Article V deals with how to make ______ to the USC.
  28. 52. Constitution’s requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
  29. 54. In Article VI, Section 2 you can find the “_______” indicating that the USC is the supreme law of the land.
  30. 55. Powers that are specifically granted to the National Government in the Constitution; also known as an enumerated power.
  31. 56. The introduction to the Constitution is known as the ______.
  32. 57. Type of Federal grant for some particular, but broadly defined area of public policy.
Down
  1. 1. Type of Federal grant made for specific projects to States, localities, and private agencies who apply for them.
  2. 3. A congressional act admitting a new State to the Union.
  3. 5. _____ refers to something contrary to the constitution and so illegal, null, and void.
  4. 8. USC stipulation that no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those from other states.
  5. 9. Amendment _____ protects citizens from government searches without a warrant based on probable cause.
  6. 10. One of the seven main divisions of the body of the Constitution.
  7. 14. Article II deals with provision and details regarding the ______ Branch.
  8. 16. Amendment _____ says that states can’t deny the vote for those 18 years old and older.
  9. 18. Amendment _____ states that the Vice President becomes the President if the President dies, resigns, or is removed from office.
  10. 20. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  11. 24. Chief Executive’s power to reject a bill proposed by a legislature.
  12. 26. The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution.
  13. 28. Those powers of the National government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the Constitution.
  14. 30. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are known as the ____________.
  15. 32. Also called the Necessary and Proper Clause, it grants Congress the authority to enact all laws that are necessary and proper to carrying out its job.
  16. 33. The division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
  17. 34. System where each branch of government exercises some control over the others
  18. 36. Powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state.
  19. 40. Amendment _____ says that states can’t deny the vote based on someone’s gender, thus allowing women to vote.
  20. 41. Formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among States.
  21. 44. A pact made by the President directly with a head of a foreign state–good example of informal amendment to the USC.
  22. 45. To return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state.
  23. 48. The power of the court to determine the constitutionality of a government action is called ______.
  24. 51. _____ is a generic term that means to “formally approve”
  25. 53. Article III deals with provision and details regarding the _______ Branch.
  26. 54. Amendment _____ protects your rights in a criminal case–a speedy and public trial, impartial jury, hear the accusations, confront witnesses.