Across
- 3. When two or more levels of government share formal authority over the same area and people.
- 5. The cornerstone of the national government's relations with state and local governments.
- 8. Required each state to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of all other states.
- 10. The interactions among national, state, and local governments
- 12. The national government and the states share powers and policy assignments.
- 13. The Supreme Court held that school segregation was unconstitutional.
- 14. The national government is weak, and most or all power is in the hands of the country's components
- 15. A central government that holds supreme power in a nation.
- 16. The transferring of responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments.
- 18. States,“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.”
- 19. A legal process whereby a state surrenders a person charged with a crime to the state in which the crime is alleged to have been committed.
- 20. Makes the Constitution, national laws, and treaties supreme over state laws
Down
- 1. Powers of the federal government that go beyond those enumerated in the Constitution.
- 2. Authorizes Congress to pass all laws “necessary and proper”.
- 4. Established the supremacy of the national government over state governments.
- 6. Support broad programs in areas such as community development and social services.
- 7. Defined the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce as encompassing virtually every form of commercial activity.
- 9. Powers specifically listed in Article I of the Constitution.
- 11. Required state and local law enforcement officials to conduct background checks on people attempting to purchase handguns.
- 17. The main source of federal aid to state and local governments.