Know Your Constitution!

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Across
  1. 1. Abolished slavery
  2. 3. System where each branch can limit the powers of the others
  3. 6. Gave women the right to vote
  4. 9. Prohibits the government from establishing an official religion
  5. 13. Limits the President to two terms
  6. 14. Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections
  7. 16. Creates the Legislative Branch and gives Congress its powers
  8. 18. Explains how states must interact with each other and the federal government
  9. 20. Created two-house Congress: Senate and House
  10. 21. Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
  11. 27. Declares that the Constitution is the highest law of the land
  12. 32. Declares the Constitution the supreme law of the land
  13. 35. Explains how the Constitution was ratified
  14. 36. The supreme law of the United States; replaced the Articles of Confederation
  15. 38. Counted enslaved people partly for representation
  16. 39. Sets up the Executive Branch and outlines presidential powers
  17. 40. No quartering of soldiers in private homes without consent
  18. 41. Protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy
  19. 42. Allows Congress to make laws that are "necessary and proper"
  20. 43. Opposed the Constitution and wanted a Bill of Rights
  21. 44. Right to bear arms
Down
  1. 2. Powers not given to the federal government belong to the states
  2. 4. Right to a fair, speedy, and public trial
  3. 5. Gives Congress power to regulate trade between states and other countries
  4. 7. Lowers the voting age to 18
  5. 8. Gave African American men the right to vote
  6. 10. Establishes the Judicial Branch and the federal court system
  7. 11. Rights not listed in the Constitution are still protected
  8. 12. The first ten amendments to the Constitution and guaranteeing rights to the people
  9. 15. Part of the 14th Amendment; says the law must treat all people equally
  10. 17. No cruel or unusual punishment
  11. 19. Requires states to respect the laws and records of other states
  12. 22. uprising by Massachusetts farmers protesting debt and taxes, showing weaknesses of the Articles
  13. 23. Power comes from the people
  14. 24. Protects people’s right to practice their religion freely
  15. 25. Guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
  16. 26. Divides government into three branches with distinct powers
  17. 28. Grants citizenship and equal protection under the law
  18. 29. Plan at the Constitutional Convention calling for equal representation for each state
  19. 30. Division of power between national and state governments
  20. 31. Describes how to amend the Constitution
  21. 33. Essays written to support ratification of the Constitution
  22. 34. Found in the 5th and 14th Amendments; guarantees fair treatment by the government
  23. 37. Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures