Across
- 5. No State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States
- 6. Grants of federal money or other resources to the states or their cities, counties, and other local units.
- 7. An act creating a new state
- 9. Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution, for example, the authority to print money.
- 10. The powers of the national government in foreign affairs that the Supreme Court has declared do not depend on constitutional grants but rather grow out of the very existence of the national government. (Power that belongs to the National Government because it is the government of the sovereign state within the world community)
- 13. Powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution reasonably suggested.
- 16. Passing down of responsibilities from the national government to the states.
- 18. Giving money back to the state and local government with no strings attached
- 19. Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided on a geographic basis (in the United States, between the National Government and the States).
- 20. Grants made to States, private agencies for projects
- 21. An agreement among two or more states. Congress must approve most such agreements.
- 22. Thought that Government should be free of parties
- 24. Direct federal orders to state and local governments requiring them to perform a service or to obey federal laws in the performance of their functions.
Down
- 1. Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
- 2. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
- 3. Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone
- 4. Network of political, financial, and administrative relationships between units of the federal government and those of state and local governments.
- 8. The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
- 11. Constitutional agreement by which the national government is created by and relies on subnational governments for its authority
- 12. Grant for which Congress appropriates funds for a specific purpose
- 14. powers that congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution spelled out expressly.
- 15. Powers that are shared by both the Nationaly and state governments
- 17. One type of federal grants-in-aid for some particular but broadly defined area of public policy
- 18. powers saved for the states
- 23. The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution