Constitution Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. To restrict or put limits on.
  2. 7. Initiative, The power of citizens to call for votes to change state constitutions
  3. 9. Bill of Rights, A 1689 document that guaranteed the rights of English citizens
  4. 10. To overrule, as when Congress overrides a presidential veto
  5. 11. A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises.
  6. 13. of Confederation, The first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.
  7. 18. Following accepted standards for conduct or behavior
  8. 19. Jersey Plan, The plan at the Constitutional Convention favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a singles chamber legislature
  9. 24. A feeling of love and devotion to one’s country.
  10. 27. Alien, A person living in a country where he or she is not a citizen
  11. 28. To change
  12. 29. Plan, The plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two chamber legislature
  13. 33. Ordinance 1787, law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory
  14. 34. To approve
  15. 36. Duty, The responsibility of every citizen to serve on a jury when called
  16. 37. A law or rule
  17. 39. of Powers, A principal by which the powers of government are divided amoung separate branches.
  18. 40. of Rights, The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
  19. 43. Force
  20. 45. Understanding when something is serious and acting appropriately
  21. 47. A system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them
  22. 50. A document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government
  23. 51. Nonmilitary
  24. 52. To bring charges of serious wrongdoing against a public official
Down
  1. 1. Related to lawsuits involving the private rights of individuals.
  2. 2. To reject, as when the President rejects a law passed by Congress
  3. 3. A proposed law
  4. 4. An opponent of a strong federal government
  5. 5. To give evidence against
  6. 8. Something received by a predecessor or from the past
  7. 12. Convention, The gathering of state representatives on May 25, 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation
  8. 14. Enterprise, An economic system in which businesses compete freely with little government control
  9. 15. Papers, A series of essays by Federalist James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of ratifying the Constitution.
  10. 16. A person who owes loyalty to a particular nation and is entitled to all its rights and protections
  11. 17. Sovereignty, Government by consent of the governed
  12. 20. Freedom
  13. 21. Compromise, An agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved resident in any state be counted in it population.
  14. 22. A government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority.
  15. 23. To give up
  16. 25. Carta, A British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights.
  17. 26. A 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes
  18. 30. To grant citizenship to a person who has met official requirements for becoming a citizen.
  19. 31. A system of transit lines, highways, bridges, and tunnels
  20. 32. Compromise, A plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
  21. 35. A settlement or peaceful solution in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement or peaceful solution.
  22. 38. A duty or task one is expected to carry out
  23. 41. A supporter of a strong federal government
  24. 42. A person who enters another country in order to settle there
  25. 43. Virtue, The willingness to work for the good of the nation or community even at great sacrifice.
  26. 44. To put private individuals or companies in charge of something
  27. 46. To give up
  28. 48. Having to do with being a citizen
  29. 49. government, A government on the county, parish, city, town, village, or district level
  30. 51. Money