Government review crossword

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  1. 5. the ability to send mail by one's signature rather than by postage
  2. 7. "is a congressional resolution designed to limit the U.S. president's ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad.”
  3. 8. an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
  4. 10. formal, legislatively enacted agreements between two or more states that bind them to the compacts' provisions
  5. 11. refers to the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and lawful only when consented to by the people or society over which that political power is exercised
  6. 17. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
  7. 21. the concept of a government limited in power.
  8. 22. "supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives"
  9. 23. a system in which the branches of the us government can regulate each other
  10. 24. strong central government
  11. 25. ruled by the people
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  1. 1. first ten amendments
  2. 2. an article added to the US constitution
  3. 3. funds the federal government gives to state and local governments to spend on specific activities within specific programs
  4. 4. "the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states."
  5. 6. an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
  6. 9. opposed the US constitution
  7. 12. addresses the duties that states within the United States have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state."
  8. 13. declared the state’s independence from England
  9. 14. the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with those of the other branches
  10. 15. those powers over and beyond those explicitly spelled out in the Constitution
  11. 16. federal funds earmarked for specific state or local programs.
  12. 18. powers are specifically granted to the federal government in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  13. 19. prohibits states from interfering with the federal government's exercise of its constitutional powers
  14. 20. political powers granted to the United States government that aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution