Constitutional Crossword
Across
- 4. Agreement between delegates from the northern and southern states at the united states constitutional convention
- 6. One of the Founding Fathers who wrote roughly 51 Federalists Papers.
- 9. Outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union and granteed tht newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states.
- 12. A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
- 13. A series of violent attacks on courthouse and other government properties in Massachusetts
- 16. Proposal to the united states constitutional convention for the creation of a supreme national government
- 17. created two legislative bodies in Congress.
- 18. Includes the power to coin money, to regulate commerce, to declare war, to raise and maintain armed forces, and to establish a post Office.
- 19. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several united under central authority.
- 20. An event to decide how America was going to be governed. (Officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation.
Down
- 1. Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in favor of small, localized government.
- 2. an amendment to the US Constitution that prohibits any law limiting freedom with respect to religion, expression, peaceful assembly, or the right of citizens to petition the government.
- 3. Laid out the process of which lands west of the Appalachian Mountains were to be surveyed and sold
- 5. form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body
- 7. One house legislature with equal votes of states and an executive by a national legislature.
- 8. Father of the Constitutional convention.
- 10. principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actins by other branches and are induced to share power.
- 11. Established the function of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain
- 14. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Federal Taxing Power
- 15. The first ten amendments to the US Constitution