Across
- 2. Article II deals with provisions and details regarding the ______ branch
- 5. To return a criminal or fugitive who flees across state lines back to the original state
- 6. Amendment ____ says that states can’t deny the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
- 10. Custom that the Senate will not approve a Presidential appointment opposed by a Senator from the State in which the appointee would serve
- 14. System where each branch of government exercised some control over the others
- 15. Article III deals with provision and details regarding the _____Branch
- 16. Article V deals with how to make ______ to the USC
- 20. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution
- 23. refers to powers that belong strictly to the states
- 25. Group of persons chosen in each state every four years who make a formal selection of the President and Vice President
- 27. A change to the Constitution
- 31. Article I deals with provisions and details regarding the _______ branch
- 32. A congressional act admitting a new State to the Union
- 33. Article IV deals with the relations between the various ______
- 34. The power of the court to determine the constitutionality of a government action
- 37. Amendment ____ protects the right to bear arms
- 39. Amendment ___says that states can’t deny the right to vote based on someone’s gender, thus allowing women to vote
- 41. Concept that holds that the government and its officers are always subject to the law
- 44. The first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
- 45. Amendment ______ abolished slavery
- 47. Constitution’s requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
- 49. Basic principle that the government and those who govern must obey the law
- 51. Powers the Constitution is presumed to have delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state
- 52. A system in which power is divided between the national and state government
- 53. Those powers of the national government that are suggested by the expressed powers set out in the constitution
- 56. Presidential advisory body, traditionally made up of heads of the executive departments–good example of informal constitutional change
- 57. Powers that both the national government and states possess
- 59. Basic principle of federalism; the constitutional provisions by which governmental powers are divided between states and the central government
- 60. Amendment ____ gives Congress the power to levy an income tax
Down
- 1. The first step in the state admission procedure which enables the people of a territory to prepare a constitution
- 3. Amendment ____ states that troops can’t be quartered in your home without the homeowner’s consent
- 4. Amendment _____ protects your rights in a criminal case–a speedy and public trial, impartial jury, hear the accusations, confront witnesses
- 7. A pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state–good example of informal USC change
- 8. a generic term that means to “formally approve”
- 9. Type of federal grant for some particular, but broadly defined area of public policy
- 11. Type of federal grant made for some specifically defined purpose
- 12. In Article VI, Sec. 2 you can find the “________” indicating that the USC is the supreme law of the land
- 13. Powers that are specifically granted to the National Government in the Constitution; also known as enumerated powers
- 17. ____ is a generic term referring to federal money or other resources given to states, cities, counties, and other local units
- 18. Change or addition that becomes part of the written language of the Constitution itself through one of the four methods set forth in the Constitution
- 19. Chief Executive’s power to reject a bill proposed by the legislature
- 21. He is known as the “Father of the Constitution”
- 22. Powers that can be exercised by the National Government alone
- 24. Type of federal grant made for specific projects to States, localities and private agencies who apply for them
- 26. A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states–according to Article II it is the President’s rold to make these
- 28. Amendment ____ protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment + excessive fines and bails
- 29. Amendment ____ indicates that powers not given to the central government are reserved for the states
- 30. Refers to something contrary to the constitution and so illegal, null, and void
- 35. Those powers granted to the National Government by the Constitution
- 36. clause USC stipulation that no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those from other states
- 38. Amendment ____ protects the freedom of religion, assembly, petition, press, and speech
- 40. Formal agreement entered into with the consent of Congress between or among States
- 42. Amendment ____ protects citizens from government searches without a warrant based on probable cause
- 43. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
- 46. Also called the Necessary and Proper Clause; it grants Congress the authority to enact all laws that are necessary and proper to carrying out its job
- 48. Amendment ____ made any person born or naturalized in the US is a citizen plus told states they cant deny due process and equal protection of the law
- 50. Amendment ____is big–Congress can’t deny your right to due process, property, not incriminate yourself, tried for the same crime twice, etc.
- 54. Amendment ____ says that states can’t deny the vote for those 18 years old or older
- 55. One of seven main divisions of the body of the U.S. Constitution
- 58. Amendment ____ acknowledges that the people have rights in addition to those specifically listed in the Bill of Rights