The Makings of American Government

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Across
  1. 2. powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
  2. 4. doctrine holding that state and federal governments have almost completely seperate functions
  3. 8. splits powers between nation and state
  4. 10. the branch of government that makes the laws
  5. 11. creator of the Virginia Plan
  6. 12. electors selected to represent the votes of their respective states
  7. 13. The intial governing authority of the United States (1781-88)
  8. 17. keep any branch of government from becoming too powerful
  9. 19. right of states to invalidate acts of congress they believe to be illegal
  10. 23. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the state government
  11. 27. imposed tax on almost all paper products
  12. 28. system of government where ultimate authority rests with the national government
  13. 30. powers expressly granted to congress by the constitution
Down
  1. 1. rule by the people
  2. 3. required states to return runaway slaves
  3. 5. who proposed the Connecticut Compromise
  4. 6. groups of people sharing similar views and interests in order to win elections
  5. 7. powers retained by the states under the constitution
  6. 9. amendment that prohibits states from denying the right to vote on account of race
  7. 14. required colonists to export certain items only to Britain
  8. 15. to formally withdraw from a nation-state
  9. 16. colonists dump taxed tea into Boston Harbor
  10. 18. powers held by the national and state governments in a federal system
  11. 20. Documents that establish the rules for how society will be governed
  12. 21. those who supported the constitution
  13. 22. list of rights granted to the people that can not be taken away
  14. 24. form of government in which political power is exercised directly by the citizens
  15. 25. makes federal law supreme over state law
  16. 26. form of government where citizens vote for officials to represent them
  17. 29. power that the president has to block legislation