Checks and Balance/Constitution Crossword Puzzle

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