Daniel Tolento Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. The Bill of Rights, were proposed by the first ____
- 5. The ____ Amendment says that Americans have the right to bear arms
- 10. The checks and balances and separation of powers help keep our federal government in ____
- 11. States with more ____ got more representatives in each house
- 12. The U.S. became independent in ____
- 15. Delegated powers are those granted to the ____ government
- 16. The federal government's powers are ____ into legislative, executive, and judicial branches
- 17. The Fifth and Sixth ____ deal with the rights of anyone accused of a crime
- 19. The ____ Building is home to the legislative branch of government
- 22. Many Supreme Court cases deal with clarifying the rights in these first ____ amendments
- 23. Fifty-five delegates from ____ gathered to decide
- 24. The ____ starts with the words we the people in huge letters
Down
- 1. America needed support from nations like ____
- 2. Articles gave states too much ____
- 3. Our first constitution was called the ____
- 6. Political leaders gathered to discuss ____ to the Articles of Confederation
- 7. The people who wrote the Constitution, called the ____
- 8. the branches work together in a complex system of ____ and ____
- 9. They elected George Washington to ____, since he was the most trusted among them
- 13. The United States Congress writes our ____ laws
- 14. On ____, they adopted the Declaration of Independence
- 17. Since the Constitution's, it's only been ____ twenty-seven times
- 18. In 1786, there was a ____ in Massachusetts
- 20. When our nation was founded, most countries were ____ by kings and queens
- 21. The Bill of Rights and Constitution help define not only our ____, but also who we are as a people