Federalism Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• horizontal : a control against the expansion of government power that relies on checks and balances between branches on the same level of government.
• vertical : a structural check against too much power being accumulated by one level of government.
• concurrent : a power shared by both the state and national government.
• tax : a power that all levels of government have.
• supremacy : clause that ensures that state and local laws must align with the us constitution and national laws.
• inherent : powers that the us government has by default because it is a sovereign state.
• elastic : the other name for the necessary and proper clause.
• unitary : system where local governments have only the power given to them by the central government.
• tenth : amendment that preserves unmentioned powers for the states.
• dual : the other name for layer cake federalism.
• marble : the type of cake used as an analogy for cooperative federalism.
• block : the type of grants preferred by state and local governments because they have few or no "strings attached".
• mandate : another term for governmental requirements.
• devolution : transfer of power from a national government to a state/local one, or the return of power to them.
• delegated : powers specifically granted to the national government (aka expressed or enumerated).
• implied : powers not directly stated in the usc.
• compact : theory that the national government was created by an agreement amongst the states, therefore, the states have the authority to determine if the national gov't is overstepping their bounds.