Across
- 3. not mentioned specifically in the constitution, these may be done by states because the constitution neither assigns them to the national government nor prohibits them to states
- 6. a system of taxing and spending within the federal system (usually it’s the national government providing money to states with some instructions on how to spend it)
- 7. the old idea that the national and state governments were equal authorities
- 8. returning power from the national government to states
- 9. both the national government and state governments may do these
- 11. gives Congress the authority to make laws about economic activity that crosses state lines, or that may affect other states. Source of authority for many modern laws.
- 12. money and other resources given to states to spend on state and local activities, like when the national government gave state land which states sold to fund public universities
Down
- 1. the national government has these under the Necessary and Proper Clause because they’re logical extensions of expressed powers
- 2. demands on states to carry out specific policies (usually, but not always, with money provided by the national government)
- 4. says that one state must recognize and honor the official acts of other states, like marriages or criminal convictions
- 5. what the constitution explicitly says Congress can do
- 10. money given to states to spend on general purposes, with relatively few restrictions