AP Gov't Unit 1 chapter 4-6

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Across
  1. 4. Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the nation's laws. It shares power with the executive branch, led by the president, and the judicial branch, whose highest body is the Supreme Court of the United States.
  2. 7. Who is the father of the constitution?
  3. 8. Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution to protect us from tyranny (think: our freedom of speech)
  4. 11. Part of the First Amendment stating that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."
  5. 15. A formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward.
  6. 17. Composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
  7. 21. The need for checks and balances in government
  8. 22. The people direct their own affairs, free from external authority. The colonies had to create their own governments because of the distance of the English government.
  9. 23. Counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
  10. 24. Stating that amendments to the Constitution may be ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress
  11. 25. the legal rights that protect individuals from discrimination (think: employment discrimination).
Down
  1. 1. A compromise where every 5 enslaved people counted as 3 in the states population.
  2. 2. An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
  3. 3. An act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
  4. 5. In charge of deciding the meaning of laws, how to apply them to real situations, and whether a law breaks the rules of the Constitution.
  5. 6. Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct.
  6. 9. Institutional units exercising functions of government at a level below that of the federal government.
  7. 10. The first version of the constitution, it was a weaker version which let the states have more power then the central gov't which later would backfire.
  8. 11. In charge of making sure that the laws of the United States are obeyed.
  9. 12. The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise) was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.
  10. 13. A first amendment provision that prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion
  11. 14. A level of government that has extensive political and territorial authority over an entire nation or territory.
  12. 16. Having the power to make laws.
  13. 18. The formal body which elects the President and Vice President of the United States.
  14. 19. The supreme law of the United States of America.
  15. 20. Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the citizenry and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades. The uprising was due to a lack of central government.