Across
- 10. The principal way in which states may do this is to negotiate
- 12. course of action a government takes in response to some issue or problem
- 13. reserved powers strictly to the states
- 15. laws relating to disputes between individuals, groups, or with the state
- 18. every portion of every meeting of an agency shall be open to public observation
- 19. powers directly expressed or stated in the Constitution by the Founders
- 20. A government tax on peoples incomes
- 22. return to a state
- 23. the Constitution makes the acts and treaties of the United States supreme
- 24. periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed
Down
- 1. organization of government administrators
- 2. a requirement set by Congress that prohibits a local or state government from exercising a certain power
- 3. the power to assume responsibility for a state government function, in order to gain authority over a state
- 4. powers the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government
- 5. mandates that take away the ability of state and local governments to make their own policies
- 6. powers that the national government may exercise simply because it is a government
- 7. favors state and local action in dealing with problems
- 8. powers that both the national government and the states have
- 9. favors national action
- 11. forbidding racial discrimination in public accommodations such as hotels and restaurants
- 14. a federal order requiring states to provide a service
- 16. powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution
- 17. sums of money given to state or local governments to be spent for a variety of specific purposes
- 19. enables the people of the territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution
- 21. allows the powers of Congress to stretch