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