Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy
Across
- 2. Opportunities to reach out to government officials to influence public policy. Our structure of government provides citizens with many of these through separation of powers and checks and balances
- 4. Power is shared between the national and state governments
- 6. Powers that can be inferred from vague constitutional provisions like the necessary and proper clause
- 7. National funding with almost no restrictions to the states on its use, the least used form of funding
- 10. Grants from the federal government to the states that come with very specific strings attached. The federal government prioritizes how the money will be spent by the states
- 11. “Great Compromise” over representation in the Constitution
- 13. Ultimate political authority rests with the people
- 14. Compromise for electing the country’s chief executive/magistrate
- 15. Agreement to add this to the Constitution appeased the concerns of the Anti-Federalists
- 18. All people have certain rights that cannot be taken away
- 21. A model of rep dem that recognizes group-based activism by nongovernmental interests striving for impact on political decision making
- 22. Highlighted the lack of centralized military and taxing power under the Articles of Confederation
- 24. A model of rep dem that emphasizes limited participation in politics and civil society
- 25. A check the House has against officers of the U.S. Simple majority vote would trigger a trial in the Senate where 2/3rds are needed to remove
- 27. Article 5 in the Constitution outlines this process (2/3 vote in both houses of Congress; 3/4 of state legislatures)
- 28. The year in the 19th century that the Constitution first permitted a Congressional ban on the slave trade (180_)
Down
- 1. Supported ratification of the Constitution and a strong central government
- 3. Reserve powers, a major justification for supporters of states rights
- 5. A government’s power cannot be absolute
- 8. Powers shared by the federal and state governments
- 9. Implicit agreement among the people in a society to give up some freedoms to maintain social order
- 12. Grants from the federal government to the states that allow the states discretion in how to spend the money
- 16. Compromise in Constitution about how slaves would be counted for representation and taxation purposes
- 17. Contrary to a direct democracy, a government where the scheme of representation takes place
- 19. A model of rep dem that emphasizes broad participation in politics and civil society
- 20. Powers that are explicitly spelled out in the Constitution
- 23. Opposed the Constitution’s ratification, wanting more power reserved to the states rather than a strong central government
- 26. Requirements by the national government of the states