Across
- 4. A league of friendship among states, typically with a weak national government
- 8. Provision stating Constitution, laws of Congress and treaties are the highest law of the land
- 11. Source of Congress' power to pass all laws necessary and proper to carrying out enumerated powers.
- 14. States must return a person charged with a crime in another state to that state for punishment
- 15. Type of powers that are shared by the state and national government
- 16. Grants that give states more discretion and cover a policy area
- 17. A group of citizens united around a common interest according to Madison
- 19. Landmark case that strengthened national government's power and broadened the definition of commerce
- 20. Type of commercial activity regulated by the states
Down
- 1. Process to review constitutionality of laws
- 2. A formal change to the Constitution, which can be done 4 ways
- 3. Restraints placed on the other two branches of governments so that no one branch becomes too powerful
- 5. Landmark case dealing with guns that limited the definition commerce to economic activity.
- 6. Tool to direct states and local governments to comply with federal law under threat of penalties or as a condition of receipt of a grant
- 7. Amendment stating national government cannot usurp state powers
- 9. Transferring of power to lower levels of government
- 10. Addition to the Constitution to convince Anti-Federalist to ratify
- 12. Grants of a specific purpose
- 13. Type of federalism involving spending, taxing and providing grants in the federal system
- 16. Type of legislature with a Senate based on equal representation and a House based on population.
- 18. State whose plan called representation based on population.
- 21. Counted as three-fifths for the purposes of taxation