Constitutional Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 6. “senior” or “upper” house of Congress in which each state has two representatives, called Senators, regardless of its population.
  2. 8. law-making part of government
  3. 9. those who favored a strong national government in the late 1700s.
  4. 10. “lower” house of Congress in which the number of each state’s representatives is based on its population.
  5. 15. government composed of three branches.
  6. 22. system of government in which power is shared between the central(national) government and the state governments.
  7. 24. The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S.
  8. 25. A tax on imported or exported goods or a list or system that describes such taxes
  9. 26. approve and make official
  10. 27. change or addition to a document or plan, such as the Constitution
  11. 28. A proposed change to a pending text (e.g., a bill, resolution, another amendment, or a treaty)
  12. 29. branch—part of government that interprets the laws through its decisions in legal cases.
  13. 30. supporter of ratification of the Constitution.
  14. 31. in the late 1700s, supporters of the Articles of Confederation who wanted states to hold most of the power in a loose alliance or confederation.
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  1. 1. introductory part of the Constitution.
  2. 2. first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
  3. 3. plan of government. In the United States, the Constitution is the supreme law and plan of the national government, adopted in 1789.
  4. 4. system in which the power of each branch of government is checked by the powers of the other branches.
  5. 5. The idea that each state should have the same number of
  6. 7. opponent of the central government as defined by the Constitution against its ratification
  7. 11. consent of the governed; power to govern comes from the people.
  8. 12. highest level of the judicial branch of the federal government; the highest court in the country. There are also state supreme courts.
  9. 13. highest level of the judicial branch of the federal government; the highest court in the country. There are also state supreme courts.
  10. 14. part of government, headed in the United States by a president or governor, that carries out the laws
  11. 16. The plan presented at the Philadelphia Convention that called for a one-house national legislature with each state having equal representation.
  12. 17. A plan accepted at the Philadelphia Convention that called for to have two houses.
  13. 18. writers and framers of the Constitution; the founders
  14. 19. in Congress.
  15. 20. The electoral system in which the number of representatives for a state is based on the number of people who live in that state.
  16. 21. A panel (or subpanel) with members from the House or Senate (or both) tasked with conducting hearings, examining and developing legislation, conducting oversight, and/or helping manage chamber business and activities.
  17. 23. Plan, The plan presented at the Philadelphia Convention that provided for a