bill of rights Crossword Puzzles

10 Clues: the Supreme Law of the land • Houses the Supreme Court (branch) • The Articles of Confederation were the first set of _ _. • the authority of the government flows from the people (democracy) • Houses the President, Vice President, and cabinet members (branch) • Divided into two houses: House of Representatives and the Senate (branch) • ...

31 Clues: owner of large estate • profited from any deal. • English religious group • founded Delaware and Pennsylvania • Commentaries on the Laws of England. • thinkers who study reason and science • Great ______________-religious revival • a plant used to make valuable blue dye. • A group of people selected to make laws. • Bill of Rights guaranteed a trial by jury. • ...

7 Clues: bill of____ • you pay for it • red white blue • people fight for • ___of confederation • what you use to pay • something you need to follow

13 Clues: Bill of • declaration of • exalts a nation • rule by a king or queen • America's first president • law that flows from the bible • rule of the economy of a nation • this compact pre-dated our constitution • violent governing regime that controls all • branch of government that deals with courts • Amendment that gave separate vote for P and VP • ...

12 Clues: Resistance • Jim ______ Law • Double ________ • Eminent ___________ • The Social separation of races • Giving evidence about yourself • Officially charging someone with a crime • Spoken Untruths harming someones reputation • Written Untruths harming someones reputation • Occupying seats or sitting on the floor as protest • ...

23 Clues: held no extreme views • General of the Continental Army • taxation without _______________ • Colonists referred to British rule as • First Estate was made up of these men • British tax laws pass to repay war debts • main author of the Declaration of Independence • Nation that allied with the United States against Britain. • ...

15 Clues: spending that broke France • advocate for women's rights • Wrote Two Treatises on Government • French writer on freedom of speech • Philosopher who opposed John Locke • Monarch originally from Vienne, Austria • Estate with no say in power and paid taxes • machine invented by a doctor for a humane death • age of applying reason to the human and natural world • ...

7 Clues: Washington 1st president • When The constitution was written • Fifth Amendment prohibits double jeopardy • ten amendments the bill of rights consists of • Amendment prohibits the denial of equal rights • Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment • Jefferson who is the author of the declaration of independence

11 Clues: Voters of Virginia. • To establish _______. • Where the people rule. • Number of amendments today. • The preamble begins with... • Document that asserted rule of law. • To secure the blessings of _______. • The first form of national government. • Served as a model for the bill of rights. • Action by general assembly or Constitutional convention. • ...

6 Clues: James • Article • Bill of • Alexander • Articles of • Constitutional

10 Clues: believd in natural rights • believed in individual rights • the ship the pilgrims arrived in the states on • What is the level of government closest to Americans? • The power or authority that rules a country and/or community. • What is a government controlled by one person or small group of people called? • ...

28 Clues: - to choose a person by vote • - another name for the senate • - a person who speaks for you • - a king or queen of a country • - the upper house of parliament • - to change or improve something • - a change that is made to a bill • - the leader of the governing party • - a proposal to a law by parliament • - another word for electoral district • ...

9 Clues: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be ______ in any house. • ______ bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. This is from the ______ amendment. • ...

9 Clues: Third Amendment: No Soldier shall, in time of peace be ______ in any house. • First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an ______ of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. • Eighth Amendment: ______ bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. • ...

9 Clues: abolished slavery • freedom of speech • right to bear arms • guarantees a lawyer • no one is above the law • gave women the right to vote • no cruel and unusual punishments • no unreasonable searches and seizures • no forced quartering of soldiers in your home

9 Clues: abolished slavery • freedom of speech • right to bear arms • guarantees a lawyer • no one is above the law • gave women the right to vote • no cruel and unusual punishments • no unreasonable searches and seizures • no forced quartering of soldiers in your home

9 Clues: abolished slavery • freedom of speech • right to bear arms • guarantees a lawyer • no one is above the law • gave women the right to vote • no cruel and unusual punishments • no unreasonable searches and seizures • no forced quartering of soldiers in your home

12 Clues: arms second amendment • soldiers third amendment • of speech First amendment • by jury seventh Amendment • slavery thirteen amendment • or arrest fourth amendment • get rigths in the constitution • prohibition amendment eighteen • to speedy trail sixth amendment • excessive bail eighth amendment • Judicial power eleventh amendment • witness against yourself five amendment

9 Clues: be based on it • legal conditions • cruel and shocking actions • basic general rule, law or idea • legally forcing someone to do sth • actions to achieve a particular result • acknowledge that it exists or that it is true • to watch and make sure that a job or activity is done correctly • an agreement with sb where you both give up sth of what you wanted

9 Clues: Protection against unreasonable search and seizure • reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge • is the fundamental law of the US federal system of government • Jeopardy the prosecution of a person twice for the same offense. • Protection against excessive bail and/or cruel and unusual punishment. • ...

10 Clues: the highest law of the u.s • the father of the constitution • the first ten amendments to the constitution • amendment that guarantees the right to bear arms • the number of articles in the original constitution • the branch of government responsible for interpreting laws • amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, the press • ...

10 Clues: to carry a gun • To study or examine something to find out what it is or what makes it work. • Newspapers, magazines, news channels, podcasts any other news media. • a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way. • ...

9 Clues: having a negative judjment or opinion • approved;to have made a written document official • a group of citizens who decide the outcome of a trial. • what amendment describes additional rights of people are accused of crimes • what amendment protects the rights of Americans who are suspected of a crime • ...

9 Clues: command against • get people together • request formally and in writing • an article added to the US Constitution • the taking possession of something by legal process • the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial • legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior • personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression • ...

9 Clues: abolished slavery • freedom of speech • right to bear arms • guarantees a lawyer • no one is above the law • gave women the right to vote • no cruel and unusual punishments • no unreasonable searches and seizures • no forced quartering of soldiers in your home

9 Clues: abolished slavery • freedom of speech • right to bear arms • guarantees a lawyer • no one is above the law • gave women the right to vote • no cruel and unusual punishments • no unreasonable searches and seizures • no forced quartering of soldiers in your home

25 Clues: almost a law • the leader of the US • two houses of congress • the chief executive of a state • the name of our legislative branch • being a member of a nation or country • when citizens vote to approve or reject a bill • the list of rights a citizen in the US receives • someone from another countries moving into another • the part of the US government that creates the laws • ...

11 Clues: Singing the national anthem is a _________________. • The country that ruled the first American colonies was ____________________. • The national ________________ of the United States is the Star Spangled Banner. • The U.S. _______________________ was written to set new laws after winning a war. • ...

16 Clues: God • A change or addition • impossible to take away • statements that are true • The idea of self-government • the supreme law of the land • Freedom to ______ the government • the act of trying to reach a goal • the quality or state of being free • # of amendments in the constitution • Freedom to ______, peacefully gather • a right in the Declaration of Independence • ...

50 Clues: Belong to individual • Babylon known today as • Persia was known today as • Hear first before condemn • Enforce the writ to privacy • Legal order coming from the court • Bill of rights of the constitution • The voice of people is supreme law • Oldest written national constitution • The law of arm conflict or law of war • To enjoy own culture, life in community • ...

21 Clues: Cheap land offered as long as you farmed it • Former slaves were called ___ during Reconstruction • First African American elected to Congress - Hiram Rhodes ____ • Northerners who moved South looking for open political offices • The ___ Act granted a full pardon to former Confederate leaders • ...

26 Clues: Break up letter • People's rights. • Freedom of speech • War over expansion • Tax on sugar products • Shot heard around the world • James' daughter and husband. • An attempt to overthrow James • When the Boston Harbor closed. • British troops shot into a mob • the tax against printed materials. • Made a new translation of the bible. • Installed a republican form of gov't • ...

9 Clues: Group of people who wanted a bill of rights • System of government where states hold the power • Document that replaced the Articles of Confederation • 1 of the main natural rights protected by the government • Group of people who preferred a strong central government • Last name of the Enlightment thinker who influence the DOI • ...

20 Clues: Power to the eldest • A legal authoritative rule • Having two parts in legislative • Oversees the U.S. federal budget • Amendment Limits presidential terms to two • System Divides Congress in specific members • Law Law regulates private rights and matters • Defends civil liberties in the digital world • Scrutiny Strict interpretation of the Constitution • ...

25 Clues: Adopted in France. • Collapse in Persia. • Declare independence. • Grow rich on slave trade. • Ruled russia from 1762-1796. • Made the widespread reforms. • Reaches it height in France. • Comes to power in china in 1661. • Establishes a colony in Australia. • Is were social gatherings are held. • Believed liberty was natural rights. • The English Bill of rights is enacted. • ...

11 Clues: Dominant religion in USA • Someone who doesn't follow the law • People going west to make a life for themselves • Forcing other people to work against their will • Movement supporting African Americans(Abbreviation) • Major part of the american identity, a very important virtue • What made most people go to america in the first place(3 words) • ...

10 Clues: fourth president • first ten amendments • wanted bill of rights • change in the constitution • goals of the US constitution • first united states government • didn't want the bill of rights • papers supported the constitution • location of the constitutional convention • resolved the problem between large and small states

22 Clues: two chambers or rooms • a group of all Ministers • to change or improve something • a change that is made to a bill • a person in charge of a meeting • the bringing to an end of a Parliament • the political party the forms the Government • a proposal for law to be considered by Parliament • a formal event that follows the rules or traditions • ...

9 Clues: a fench thinker of the Enlightenment • of Reason/ the period of the Enlightenment • terroity settled and ruled by a distant counrty • Rights/rights that belong to all human beingsfrom birth • of Independancee/ the document in whwch the United States is announced its independance from Britian • ...

10 Clues: The last penal colony in America. • The goal of every bill is to become this. • This bill would expand the youthful offender status. • These rights give people the right to remain silent. • Facilities that hold individuals sentenced to more than a year • This bill allows those who served time to have their records sealed. • ...

30 Clues: – Nasa’s first satellite • – Communist dictator of Cuba • an agreement to stop fighting • – the false belief that God does not exist • the first American astronaut to orbit the earth • – 36th President became president after Kennedy’s death • – System of highways that connect all parts of America • ...

28 Clues: __ 11, 2001 • Rachel Carson's book • unpopular war in the 60s • Kennedy was ____ in 1963 • Elected President in 1960 • 80% of new homes were here • Struggled for greater power • _____ brings new perspectives • New Frontier goal to land here • Bill ____, elected Pres. in 1992 • The nation's economy & population • ___ Reagan, elected Pres. in 1980 • Age of ___--an era of peace & love • ...

15 Clues: Our country. • the lowest court. • the highest court. • Lader of Australia. • what runs Australia. • The rules of Australia. • Law made by the courts. • We do this to change laws. • leader of the common wealth. • A criminal offence when someone dies. • A law that hasn't been passed by Parliment yet. • Something that can only be changed by a Referendum. • ...

10 Clues: law-of-war • second-estate • Queen-of-palatinate • the-feminine-of-duke • France-King-Louis-XIV • one-person-ruling-alone • the-first-estate-in-france • a-sword-carried-by-King-Louis-XIV • one-part-of-the-English-constitution • people-who-were-just-fighting-for-money

22 Clues: a school supported by taxes • enslaved African poet in Boston • the upper class of colonial society • a group of people who have the power to make laws • rights that belong to every human being from birth • division of the power of government into separate branches • the belief that one race is superior or inferior to another • ...

18 Clues: a financial gain • change to the constitution • form of government we have • branch that makes the laws, Congress • branch that interprets the law, Courts • provides the structure for our government • head of executive branch in federal government • head of the executive branch at the state level • American citizens have the reponsibility to do this • ...

24 Clues: Lincoln’s Assassin • Laws that required segregation • President after Abraham Lincoln • Made slavery illegal in the U.S. • First African American in the U.S. Senate • Gave African American men the right to vote • Leader of Radical Republicans from Pennsylvania • Leader of Radical Republicans from Massachusetts • Process of rebuilding the southern states without slavery • ...

16 Clues: Another name for the Senate. • A person who speaks for you. • To change or improve something. • The person in charge of a meeting. • To choose a representative in an election. • The last stage before a bill becomes a law. • The periods into which a Parliament is divided. • A proposal for a law to be considered by Parliament • ...

15 Clues: Means to change • Means to approve • First US President • Right to bear ___________. • George Washington's hometown • Needed to run the government • Tax imposed on imported goods • Country that colonized the USA • Complete: For whom to __________ • Original number of states in the USA • How many were the original Bill of Rights • people from Africa that were forced to do work. • ...

15 Clues: Freedom of ______ • Checks and _______ • the bill of ______ • One person one ____ • Popular ___________ • Consent of the _________ • Fifty percent plus one is what • Elections are ____ for the people • People have a _____ in the government • Rule of ___ states no one is above the law • Ballots are ______ for the people that vote • ...

18 Clues: - a king or queen of a country • -a change that is made to a bill • - to change or improve something • - bills that are passed by parliament • - a group made up of all senators and MP's • - a proposal for a law considered by Parliament • - a formal event that follows rules or tradition • - the city where a country's legislature in located • ...

20 Clues: foot soldiers • the saying used • the right to vote • a spanish mission • approved formally • made up of two houses • soldiers on horseback • the dictator of Mexico • co-leader of the War Party • national and state governments • did not include a Bill of Rights • the Provisional Texas government • promoted the plan to take Matamoros • a formal agreement between two nations • ...

30 Clues: Tax on printed materials • First Secretary of Treasury • "Father of the Constitution" • Ended the American Revolution • Executive, Legislative, Judicial • Turning point in American Revolution • Federalists and Democratic-Republicans • Advocate for independence / 2nd president • First Chief of Justice of the Supreme Court • Commander Of continental Army/ 1st President • ...

11 Clues: previous court • not agreed yet • in the Parliament • court, one of the courts • court, another type of court • agreed by the governor general • someone who works in the court • a place where there is debating • of religion, one of the express rights • governor-general, a high placed person • something that everybody from the age of 18 has to do

11 Clues: previous court • not agreed yet • in the Parliament • court, one of the courts • court, another type of court • agreed by the governor general • someone who works in the court • a place where there is debating • of religion, one of the express rights • governor-general, a high placed person • something that everybody from the age of 18 has to do

29 Clues: reject bill • heads standing committee • meeting of party leaders • an elected representative • monitors and marshalls votes • persons represented by a legislator • Constitutional leader of the Senate • presidng Senate leader in YP absence • government takes land for public use • leader of the House of Representatives • formal charge against a public offical • ...

8 Clues: Carta • branch • branch • branch • Congress • of Rights • of Confederation • of Representatives

15 Clues: Presiding officer • To modify a motion • Opposite of positive • To dismiss the meeting • To force an immediate vote • Positive side of an argument • Main motions to be addressed • A participant in the congress • The right to address the congress • To dismiss the meeting temporarily • The name of a specific stuffed platypus • Opening speech in favor of a main motion • ...

29 Clues: let's goooo • bill's OE identity • Alex's OE identity • bill hader character • "good old fashioned..." • Alex's small pig friend • alex's musical alter ego • interchangeable part two • interchangeable part one • very sexy drum major man • sexiest man at clone high • alex's neckwear of choice • how Alex and bill say goodbye • the shorter of the two homies • alex bill lunch date location • ...

10 Clues: law-of-war • second-estate • Queen-of-palatinate • the-feminine-of-duke • France-King-Louis-XIV • one-person-ruling-alone • the-first-estate-in-france • a-sword-carried-by-King-Louis-XIV • one-part-of-the-English-constitution • people-who-were-just-fighting-for-money

10 Clues: Bill of ________ • __________ of religion • a written plan of government • introduction to the Constitution • department headed by the President • "no ________ and unusual punishments" • addition or change in the Constitution • "We the _________ of the United States..." • includes the Senate and House of Representatives • ...

10 Clues: Supporters of the new Constitution • Official approval of the Constitution • rebellion Anti tax protest by farmers • Branch The branch of government that makes laws • Sherman Delegate who developed the Great Compromise • Branch The branch of government that enforces the laws • of Rights Set of amendments passed to protect individual rights • ...

13 Clues: Establishes our court systems • Full Faith and Credit Clause. • Gives the president vetoing power • Outlines the powers that congress has • 9/13 states needed to ratify the constitution • 2/3 of congress is needed in order to do this. • A change or compromise to a piece of legislation • states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land • ...

20 Clues: Action of spending funds • A person involved in a lawsuit • Restoration of friendly relations • Right to vote in political elections • Suppression or prohibition of something • View or judgement formed about something • To release or exclude from some liability • law System of law concerned with private relations • The governing body of a nation, state, or community • ...

20 Clues: The ____ Amendment protects states’ rights. • The ____ Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. • Relating to an established set of principles governing a state. • The ____ Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. • The ____ Amendment grants citizenship to everyone born in the U.S. • ...

25 Clues: He hoped to create a Department of Urban what? • How many days did the Cuban Missile Crisis last? • Kennedy wanted to raise the benefits of social ____. • Kennedy gave major “I am a ________” Speech in 1963. • Kennedy wanted greater enforcement of the _____ labor laws. • Kennedy promised a man on the moon by the end of the ______. • ...

26 Clues: Break up letter • People's rights. • Freedom of speech • War over expansion • Tax on sugar products • Shot heard around the world • James' daughter and husband. • An attempt to overthrow James • When the Boston Harbor closed. • British troops shot into a mob • the tax against printed materials. • Made a new translation of the bible. • Installed a republican form of gov't • ...

11 Clues: previous court • not agreed yet • in the Parliament • court, one of the courts • court, another type of court • agreed by the governor general • someone who works in the court • a place where there is debating • of religion, one of the express rights • governor-general, a high placed person • something that everybody from the age of 18 has to do

19 Clues: a form of government with a monarch at the head. • an act signed into law in 1689 by William III and Mary II, • belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. • a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. • a person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area • ...

30 Clues: an authoritative prohibition • to withhold assent or approval • to charge with a crime or misdemeanor • a document setting forth the terms of an agreement • a permanent committee especially of a legislative body • a situation in which the laws of a country are obeyed by everyone • the highest judicial tribunal in a political unit (such as a nation or state) • ...

16 Clues: Every state has 2 • Current President • Based on population • Current governor of MD • Advisors to the President • Freedom of speech amendment • You have the right to remain silent • The 13th amendment addressed what issue • The first government in the US created a • All the governments power comes from this • The Supreme Court is apart of which branch • ...

19 Clues: tip • already • had made • the bill • had gave • had barked • the receipt • the dog barks • had calculated • piece of paper • keep the change • can I have the bill • to calculate together • rude way of saying Miss • old way of saying waiter • keep the remaining change • may I get the bill please • old way of asking for the bill • unfriendly way of saying waiter

20 Clues: King vs. __________ • putting someone to death • written by Hobbes in 1651 • Smith's country of origin • king's power is __________ • French author Spirit of Laws • supported religious tolerance • Locke believed in people's what? • what thinkers were called in France • author of Two Treaties of Government • nobles forced him to sign Magna Carta • ...

40 Clues: William of • William was • Glorious, or • James’s father • Mary’s husband • Mary's religion • William’s religion • James II's daughter • James’s family line • Where James II fled to • What England shifted to • King [blank] was overthrown • James was the [blank] Stuart • What England shifted away from • Many nobles thought James was a • Some wanted James to rule [blank] • ...

15 Clues: abolished slavery/involuntary servitude • Black artists emerging despite racial violence. • prohibits denial of voting rights based on race or color • ruled that separate-but-equal facilities were constitutional • Southern states adopted these laws restoring the restrictions of slavery. • ...

10 Clues: U.S. rebuild • white southerners • Codes discriminatory laws • Amendment civil rights act • Northerners who moved south • Jackson succeeded Abraham Lincoln • Bill responsible for reconstruction • Republicans minority of republicans • Amendment no one can be kept from voting • Bureau assisted former slaves and poor whites

16 Clues: What is Clara’s middle name? • Where did Clara and Bill meet? • Why did Clara take Bill to A&E? • What month did Bill propose to Clara? • What job do Clara and Bill both have? • Who is head chef in the relationship? • What instrument does Bill mainly play? • What door number do Clara and Bill live at? • How many pairs of guests share a first name? • ...

15 Clues: What the 13th Amendment did • Representative with a club foot • Result of the Reconstruction Act • Rights Bill that Andrew Johnson vetoed • Congress did this to the 14th amendment • Someone who supported the union during the war • Stevens died during the time of this president • Type of reconstruction when the KKK was created • ...

7 Clues: warrants • bang,bang • of Rights • In your house • D.C. gun owner • Court makes decisions • Jackson bearded wonder

10 Clues: a formal change • The elected body • the formal consent • an into to a document • a way to distribute power • Having two branches or chambers • of confederation the first document • of Virginia the structure of Virginia • of rights The first ten amendments • of the U.S replaced articles of confederation

10 Clues: a place where legal predicaments are handled • The word for when a government has two legislative houses • A legal thing that you were born with and will always have • There are nine of them and they are nominated by the president • There are 27 of these and they are add-ons to the constitution • This is what needs to happen to a legal document to make it valid • ...

10 Clues: Bill of ______ • To participate in an election • Rectangular cloth of many colors • Makes a ringing sound when struck • Formal assembly of representatives • First president of the United States • Chief executive officer of a republic • Territory governed by a distant country • Basic laws by which a nation is governed • People living under independent government

26 Clues: supreme power or authority • give up (power or territory) • having a single legislative chamber • the first governing document of Plymouth Colony • a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority • beyond the authority of the law; not regulated by the law. • the dependence of two or more people or things on each other. • ...

20 Clues: Your vote counts!! You matter!! • Government of the people by the people. • Draft of a proposed piece of legislation. • Large, complex organization of appointed officials. • Entitlement to fair treatment through judicial system. • Funds granted to states for a broadly defined purpose. • Idea that the top 1% controls our government and policy. • ...

12 Clues: introduction to the constuion. • made to improve the lives of others. • a branch that contains the president. • that is made up of the House and Senate. • The people choose their representatives. • of Rights- amendments of rights that go to the people. • of Powers- the difference between the three branches of • ...

11 Clues: to make laws • Carry out laws • Official approval • Interpret the laws • Supporters of the Constitution • of Rights Ten amendments approved • would cast ballots for the candidates • A series of 85 essays defending the Constitution • to prevent one branch from dominating the others • The opponents of the supporter's of the constitution • ...

16 Clues: Julius and Ethel... • was convicted of perjury in 1950 • Parks Refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955 • a Cold War crisis in 1948 that cut off land access to West Berlin • in 1955 was a pivotal event in the American civil rights movement • The 1950s were a time of both the civil rights movement and the... • ...

30 Clues: An organized effort to win an election. • A change or addition to a legal or statutory document. • Court, The highest judicial court in a country or state. • The judicial authorities of a country; judges collectively. • A person who applies for a job or is nominated for election. • The administration of the law or authority in maintaining this. • ...

20 Clues: leader of USA • voting process • elected to Senate • USA legislative body • States of America USA • formal written request • legal resident of a country • a person who provides ideas • Branch President led branch • Branch Branch that makes laws • an addition or change to a law • of Rights first ten amendments • Hill where US Legislatures meet • government powered by the people • ...

20 Clues: bill dies in committee • these hold public hearings • bill is put into the BLANK • another name for an amendment • bill is printed in final form • attempt to “talk bill to death” • short trip to bill affected area • # of members needed to conduct business • congress has the power to create and BLANK taxes • used to obtain information and opinions on bills • ...

19 Clues: Hariet __ • The first state • The __ purchase • The Kansas-__ Act • The __ of independence • Where the Pilgrims landed • Mailed himself to freedom • 2nd president's first name • One cause of the Civil War • One first amendment freedom • 16th president's first name • We had WAY too many of these • Another name for social studies • Conqueror of the Aztec in Week 1 • ...

17 Clues: a two house legislature branch • a one house legislature branch • Roman ideal on the willingness to serve ones country • favored a strong central government, pro constitution • favored a loos association of states, pro Bill of Rights • A system in which each branch of gov can limit the power of other branches • ...

10 Clues: Our capital • Bill of ________ • Our type of leader • Our Independence Day • A famous gift from France • The number of states we have • What kind of government are we? • The continent the US is a part of • How many states are in the mainland? • The American Civil War was mainly about _______

20 Clues: a draft of a law • youngest president • the written form of laws • privileges of the citizens • president who ended slavery • the first president to serve • the system of the government • party represented by a donkey • president who served the longest • party represented by an elephant • group that expresses your beliefs • person in charge of the United States • ...

15 Clues: Giving Jobs to followers • Neighborhoods created by Mexicans. • Process of being hanged. (5 letters, no ING) • Large buildings divided into smaller apartments • Codes that set standards and safety for building • The moving of farms to more urban areas or cities • People which rake dirt then expose it to the public. • Reformers called themselves __________ in the 1900s. • ...

20 Clues: leader of the Nation of Islam • was the youngest president elected ever • Student nonviolent coordinating committee • When people get separated from other people • when protesters sit down and refuse to leave • This called for African American independence • A program of domestic reforms made by johnson • The child from the brown v. board of education • ...

12 Clues: not choosing a side • the capital of Virginia • form of rule by the state • to move from place to place • commanded the Continental Army • wrote most of the Bill of Rights • fought with the Continental Army • state in the eastern United States • wrote the Declaration of Independence • written principles to govern the nation • first English settlement in North America • ...

11 Clues: the people rule • everyone must follow the law • gave the colonists the same rights as the englishmen • citizens elect office holders to govern on our behalf • guaranteed the freedom of religious beliefs and opinions • this document was used as a model for the current Bill of Rights • citizens give authority to the government in exchange for protection of our rights • ...

11 Clues: The first 10 amendments are called what? • What did the framers believe about voters rights? • type of democracy do we have in the United States? • Congress is made up of two houses, which is called a what? • Antifederalists believed what was needed to create a new constitution? • type of government divides power between state, national and local..... • ...

26 Clues: the highest court in Canada. • a person who speaks for you. • another name for question period • the leader of the party in power. • to place a document before the Senate. • a senator or a Member of the House of Commons. • the periods into which a Parliament is divided. • a person who has full political and civil rights. • ...