Basic Principles 2024

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Across
  1. 2. Powers only for the national government.
  2. 7. Idea that each part of the government keeps the other from becoming too strong.
  3. 9. The power of the government is limited by the people.
  4. 10. Has the power to carry out the laws.
  5. 12. Original constitution that created a weak, loose union of states.
  6. 14. Has the power to make the laws.
  7. 15. Document (paper) that provides a basic framework for a government.
  8. 16. Idea that power should be shared by parts of the government.
Down
  1. 1. A type of government where people elect representatives to make decisions.
  2. 3. Powers only for the state governments.
  3. 4. The idea that the people decide what they want by voting.
  4. 5. Meeting held in Philadelphia to edit the Articles of Confederation. A new constitution was written instead.
  5. 6. The new constitution that is still the supreme law of the U.S.
  6. 7. Powers shared by the state and national governments.
  7. 8. Has the power to interpret laws.
  8. 11. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution.
  9. 13. A union of states with a republican type of government (federal). People vote for representatives (republic).