Basic Principles 2025

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