Unit 1 - Foundations of Democracy - Myrtil

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Across
  1. 7. Powers that go beyond those that are enumerated in the Constitution.
  2. 9. The entire set of interactions among national, state, and local governments.
  3. 12. Federal grants that can be used only for specific purposes, or "categories," of state and local spending.
  4. 13. Federal categorical grants distributed according to a formula specified in legislation or in administrative regulations.
  5. 14. The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
  6. 17. Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which allows Congress to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers of the Constitution.
  7. 19. Federal categorical grants given for specific purposes and awarded on the basis of the merits of applications.
  8. 20. A legal process whereby an alleged criminal offender is surrendered by the officials of one state to officials of the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed.
Down
  1. 1. The provision of the Constitution according citizens of each state the privileges of citizens of other states.
  2. 2. A centralized government in which all government powers belong to a single, central agency.
  3. 3. A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government share formal authority over the same area and people.
  4. 4. A system of government in which powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government.
  5. 5. An 1819 Supreme Court decision that established the supremacy of the national government over state governments. In deciding this case, Chief Justice John Marshall and his colleagues held that Congress had certain implied powers in addition to the enumerated powers found in the Constitution.
  6. 6. The pattern of spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal system; it is the cornerstone of the national government's relations with state and local governments.
  7. 8. Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution; including the power to collect taxes, coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and declare war.
  8. 10. Federal grants given more or less automatically to states or communities to support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services.
  9. 11. The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
  10. 15. The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
  11. 16. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
  12. 18. Article 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.