Unit 3 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. case that established that the Constitution grants the federal government implied powers that the states cannot step over
  2. 3. a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
  3. 7. The government may only do the things the people have allowed it to do.
  4. 9. powers that are granted to the government in the Constitution: expressed, implied, and inherent
  5. 11. those powers that belong to the National Government that are listed in the Constitution
  6. 14. powers that can only be exercised by the National government; they cannot be exercised by the states
  7. 16. government and its officers are always subject to-never above-the law
  8. 17. the name that things are given that overstep a branch’s powers or go against the Constitution
  9. 19. the power of a court to determine the constitutionality of a governmental action
  10. 20. lower federal courts under the Supreme Court
  11. 26. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the federal government, but does not deny to the states
  12. 28. an advisory body to the President
  13. 30. grants of federal money or other resources to the States and their cities, counties, and other local units
  14. 31. the idea that three basic powers are distributed/separated among three distinct branches of government
  15. 32. a pact made by the President directly with a foreign head of state
  16. 33. changes or additions that become apart of the written language of the Constitution
  17. 35. changes to the Constitution
  18. 36. an act directing the people of the territory to frame a proposed state constitution
  19. 37. secures that states must accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
  20. 38. an unwritten rule that is closely followed in the Senate
Down
  1. 1. powers not expressly states in the Constitution, but are suggested
  2. 4. an act creating the a new state
  3. 5. a provision that declares that the Constitution and treaties of the United States rank above all other forms of law in the nation
  4. 6. approval
  5. 8. a legislature made up of two houses
  6. 10. each branch of government is subject to a series of constitutional restraints by other branches of government
  7. 12. Article II of the Constitution that creates the executive branch of government
  8. 13. the body that makes the formal selection of the nation’s President
  9. 15. no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those who happen to live in another state
  10. 18. the President’s power to reject an act of Congress
  11. 21. government must be conducted according to constitutional principles
  12. 22. government’s power comes from the people
  13. 23. the Constitution assigns certain powers to the National Government and reserves others to states
  14. 24. the first 10 amendments in the Constitution
  15. 25. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state can be returned to that state, preventing a person from escaping justice
  16. 27. powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise
  17. 29. agreements among states between themselves and other foreign states
  18. 34. government’s powers are divided among the National and State levels