chapter 4 vocab

4. the first step in the state admission procedure, which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution
5. a permit issued by an official agency
8. is where one lives and is legally eligible to vote
9. the right to command or lead
10. to influence
11. to make someone believe something
14. a position that favors national action in dealing with problems
17. statement in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties of the United States "shall be the supreme Law of the Land"
19. to assign a portion of something
20. the tax levied on individual and corporate earnings
21. powers the national government may exercise simply because it is a government
24. is the federal government's ability to take over a state government function
25. the Constitution grants or delegates to the national government

1. a position that favors state and local action in dealing with problems
2. clause in Article I of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses of Article I
3. a written agreement between two or more states
6. to return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state
7. of less importance
12. one relating to disputes among two or more individuals or between individuals and the government
13. powers that both the national government and the states have
15. to act upon one another
16. powers that belong strictly to the states
18. powers directly stated in the Constitution
22. powers the government requires to carry out its expressed constitutional powers
23. a change to the Constitution