The Federal System Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US Government & Constitution has 20 clues. Answers range from 6 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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General grants that can be used for a variety of purposes within a broad category. (ex: education, health care, etc.)
Grants that have a specific purpose defined by law. (ex: sewage treatment facilities or school lunch programs)
Powers that belong to both the national and state governments.
Those specifically given to the national governments. (Articles I-V)
Powers that may be reasonably inferred from the Constitution
Powers belonging specifically to the state because they were neither delegated to the national government nor denied to the states.
States may make agreements, sometimes requiring congressional approval, to work together to solve regional problems. (ex: hot-pursuit agreements, parole and probation agreements, etc.)
Court case over the issue was over the definition of commerce in 1824.
Each level of government is seen as separate from the other, with the national government having authority over national matters and state governments having authority over state matters.
Reversal of cooperative federalism; placed more responsibility on the state about how grant money would be spent.
An accused person who flees to another state must be returned to the state in which he/she allegedly committed the crime
To reject a federal law at the state level.
The Southern states threatened to do this if they would not be given the ability to nullify the unfair law forced upon them.
Unit of local government created to perform specific functions.
A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.
A political system governed by a few people.
A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
A government ruled by a king or queen.
An alliance of independent states.
A dictatorship that exercises unprecedented control over the masses and seeks to mobilize them for action- a permanent and perpetually unfinished revolution.

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