Chapter 4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. _______ act; allows the people of a territory interested in becoming a state to prepare a constitution
  2. 3. ______ powers; powers that nation government requires to carry out the powers that are expressly defined in the Constitution
  3. 8. _______ law; prohibits public officials from holding closed meetings
  4. 9. federal _______; a sum of money given to a state or local government for a specific purpose
  5. 10. the division of government powers between the national and state level
  6. 12. ________________ Clause; Found in Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution, this clause addresses the duties that states within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state."
  7. 15. ______powers; powers the Constitution grants to the states only
  8. 16. ______ rights position; favors state and local action in dealing with problems
  9. 17. _______ clause; allows the powers of Congress to stretch
  10. 18. a formal order given by the federal government to the state governments
Down
  1. 1. _______ powers; powers that the nation government may exercise simply because it is a government
  2. 2. _______ powers; powers directly stated in the Constitution
  3. 4. public ______; course of action the government takes in response to some issue or problem
  4. 5. return to a state
  5. 6. _______ powers; powers that both the national government and the states have
  6. 7. ________ position; favors national action in dealing with problems
  7. 11. ________ clause; statement in Article VI of the Constitution establishing that the Constitution is the highest law
  8. 13. interstate _____; written agreements between two or more states
  9. 14. ________law; require periodic checks of government agencies to see if they are still needed