Across
- 3. Created between the New Jersey and Virginia plans that created one chamber of the Congress based on population
- 6. A political system in which states or regional governments retain ultimate authority except for those powers they expressly delegate to a central government
- 8. came up with the topic of the day
- 9. Rights to be held inhernt in natural law, not dependent on government
- 10. This branch often checks in on the president
- 13. An international agreement between chiefs of state that does not require legislative approval
- 14. A structure of government proposed by Madison
- 15. These were replaced for the constitution
- 16. The principle of dividing government powers among different branches of government
- 17. The major system of government whereby each branch of the government can check the actions of the others
- 18. Americans saw this as a violation of rights
Down
- 1. This branch also makes the laws
- 2. A doctrine that asserts the priority of national law over state laws
- 4. Formal approval
- 5. The power of the Supreme Court or any court to declare unconstitutional federal or state laws and other acts of government
- 6. They often check in on the president
- 7. This branch executes the laws but can be stopped by his "advisory"
- 11. A legislature composed of individuals who represent the population
- 12. They interpret the law