Unit 5 Crossword Review

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Across
  1. 2. Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution; known as either the "necessary and proper" clause or the _____ clause, it allows Congress to extend its delegated powers.
  2. 3. To be distributed, as in the seats in the House of Representatives
  3. 5. A court order requiring that a person be brought to court to determine if there is enough evidence to hold the person for trial is a writ of _____ corpus.
  4. 6. Powers not specifically granted to Congress by the U.S. Constitution that are suggested to be necessary to carry out the powers delegated to Congress under the Constitution are called _____ powers.
  5. 8. A legislative body, such as Congress, that consists of two houses
  6. 11. Meetings of Congress
  7. 13. Powers given to the federal government by the Constitution are called _____ powers.
  8. 16. The formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by the other members
  9. 17. An act that betrays and endangers one's country
  10. 18. Meetings of party leaders to determine party policy or to choose the party's candidates for public office
Down
  1. 1. The process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party
  2. 4. The assistant to the floor leader in each house of Congress who tries to persuade party members to vote for bills the party supports
  3. 6. To charge a government official with misconduct
  4. 7. The official who presides over the Senate in the vice president's absence is the president pro _____.
  5. 9. Laws that sentence people to prison without trial are called bills of _____.
  6. 10. Laws that apply to actions that occurred before the laws were passed are called ex post _____ laws.
  7. 12. The presiding officer of the House of Representatives is the _____ of the House.
  8. 14. Legal protection
  9. 15. The removal of a member of Congress for serious misconduct
  10. 16. The official count of the population that occurs every ten years