Week 2 American Government Crossword

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  1. 3. System of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments.
  2. 9. To formally withdraw from a nation-state.
  3. 10. Governemnt structure that authorizes each branch of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) to share powers with other branches, thereby holding some scrutiny of and control over other branches.
  4. 11. Formal process of changing the constitution.
  5. 13. Power Powers retained by the states under the constitution.
  6. 14. Form of government in which power derives from citizes, but public officials make policy and govern accordibg to existing law.
  7. 15. First ten amendments to the constitution, which provide basic political rights.
  8. 16. Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representaion to the states.
  9. 19. Authority of the presidet to block legislation passed by the Congress. Congress can override a veto by a two-thrids najorty in each chamber.
  10. 21. Compromise over slavery at the constitutional convention that granted states extra representation in the house of representatives based on their number of slaves at the ration three-fifths.
  11. 22. Powers grented by Congress by the constitution.
  12. 24. Rule by the people.
  13. 25. Authority of cours to declare laws passed by congres and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional.
  14. 27. Meeting in 1787 at which twelve states intended to revice the Artiles of Conferderation but ended up proposing an entirely new Constitution.
  15. 28. Required states to return runaway slaves; negated by the Thirtheenth Admendment (Article IV, Section 2).
  16. 29. System of governemtn in which ultimate authority rest with the regional (for example, state) governments.
  17. 30. Initially, those who supported the Constituion during the ratification period; later, the name of the political party established by supporters of Alexander Hamilton.
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  1. 1. Makes federal law supreme over state law (Article VI).
  2. 2. Form of democracy in which political power is exercised by citizens.
  3. 4. Doctrine holding that state government have almost completely separate functions.
  4. 5. The 1776 document declaring American independence from Great Britain and calling equality, human rights, and citizen participation.
  5. 6. Powers held by both the national and state governemnts in a federal system.
  6. 7. Gives congress the power to pass all laws necessary and propoer to the powers enumerated in Article 1, Section 8.
  7. 8. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches executive, legislative, and judicial), with each holding separate and independent areas of responsibility.
  8. 12. Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution durig the ratification period.
  9. 17. System System of government in which ultimate authority rest with the national government.
  10. 18. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who meet every four years to cast the electoral votes for the president ad vice president.
  11. 20. Iitial governing authority of the United States, 1781-88.
  12. 23. Document or set of documents that establish the basic rules and procedures for how a society shall be governed.
  13. 26. Powers not expressly granted to congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.