Daniel Tolento Crossword Puzzle

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