Midterm Key Terms Review

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Across
  1. 2. Formal charge of misconduct against a public official
  2. 5. Branch that interprets laws
  3. 7. Power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional
  4. 8. Clause in McCulloch stating federal law is higher than state law
  5. 11. Powers suggested but not explicitly listed in the Constitution
  6. 13. Presidential power to reject a bill passed by Congress
  7. 14. Branch that enforces laws
  8. 15. System where power is divided between the National and State governments
  9. 16. Process where both sides give up something to agree
  10. 18. Dividing government into three distinct branches
  11. 20. Amendment that limits the President to two terms
  12. 21. Process of convincing others to accept your view
  13. 23. Amendment allowing direct election of Senators
  14. 25. Principle that government can only do what the Constitution allows
  15. 26. Amendment dealing with Presidential succession
Down
  1. 1. Clause also known as the "Elastic Clause"
  2. 3. Group that argued a Bill of Rights was necessary
  3. 4. Principle that government authority comes from the consent of the people
  4. 6. Branch with the power to declare war
  5. 9. The reliability or trustworthiness of a source
  6. 10. Group that argued for a strong central government
  7. 12. Case regarding steamboats that affirmed Congress controls interstate commerce
  8. 17. Case regarding a National Bank that established implied powers
  9. 19. Process of reaching general agreement
  10. 22. Powers not given to the federal government are ______ for the states
  11. 24. System where branches limit each other's power