U.S. Constitution Vocabulary pt. 2
Across
- 2. grants of federal money or other resources to States, cities, counties, and other local units
- 4. those powers which can be exercised by the National Government alone.
- 6. formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress, between or among States, or between a State and a foreign state.
- 10. congressional act admitting a new State to the Union.
- 12. delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed powers in the Constitution, those "necessary and proper" to carry out the expressed powers.
- 13. one type of federal grants-in-aid; made for some specific, closely defined purpose.
- 14. those delegated powers of the National Government that are spelled out in the Constitution, also called the "enumerated powers."
- 16. those powers that both the National Government and the States possess and exercise.
- 17. one type of federal grants-in-aid; made for specific projects to States, localities, and private agencies who apply for them.
- 18. was the 27th President. During his administration he initiated many antitrust suits, a postal savings system. and amendments for a federal income tax.
Down
- 1. Constitution's stipulation that all citizens are entitled to certain "privileges and immunities," regardless of their State of residence.
- 3. those powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the States.
- 5. powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state within the world community.
- 7. those powers, expressed, implied, or inherent, granted to the National Government by the Constitution.
- 8. a provision of the U.S. Constitution that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the United States are the "supreme Law of the Land."
- 9. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State.
- 11. a congressional act directing the people of a United States territory to frame a proposed State constitution as a step toward admission to the Union.
- 15. one type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy.