Samantha Walker’s ch.2-3 crossword

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  1. 3. list of powers that congress can employ, listed in Constitution
  2. 6. Gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, with Indian tribes, and among the various states
  3. 11. To formally withdraw from a nation-state
  4. 16. affirms the right to indictment by a grand jury and right to due process; protects against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and taking of property without just compensation
  5. 17. writer whose teachings the Declaration of Independence was based on, like everyone having unalienable rights
  6. 19. declared America’s independence from England
  7. 20. Makes federal law supreme over state laws
  8. 22. government is in total control
  9. 23. Form of democracy in which political power is exercised directly by citizens
  10. 26. gives people the right to choose U.S. senators directly
  11. 28. gives congress ability to tax to provide for the general welfare
  12. 29. Form of government in which power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law
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  1. 1. Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
  2. 2. Right of states to invalidate acts of Congress they believe to be illegal
  3. 4. prohibits slavery
  4. 5. Documents that establish the basic rules and procedures for how a society shall be governed
  5. 7. prevents citizens from one state from suing another state in federal court
  6. 8. Initial governing authority of the United States
  7. 9. reserves the Powers not granted to the national government to the states or to the people
  8. 10. at this meeting the new constitution was purposed
  9. 12. gives congress the ability to pass laws that are necessary
  10. 13. gives each branch of government power over each other to prevent one branch from having full control
  11. 14. system of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional governments
  12. 15. Powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause.
  13. 18. power given to the president to block legislation passed by congress, but it can be overridden by congress
  14. 21. process of changing the constitution
  15. 24. Powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system
  16. 25. list of rights that congress can’t take away
  17. 26. rule by the people
  18. 27. System of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state government