Foundations and Principles of the US Government and Constitution

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Across
  1. 3. Power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional
  2. 4. Powers specifically granted to the federal government
  3. 5. Government power to take private property for public use
  4. 11. Essays written to support the Constitution
  5. 13. Powers kept strictly by the states
  6. 14. Division of power between national and state governments
  7. 15. The legal process of applying the Bill of Rights to the states
  8. 18. Requirement for legal matters to be resolved fairly
  9. 19. Early example of colonial self-government
  10. 21. Division of government into three distinct branches
  11. 24. System preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful
  12. 25. Shifted power to Parliament and individuals
  13. 26. Government power restricted by a constitution
Down
  1. 1. Decisions based on what more than half the people want
  2. 2. The first ten amendments protecting individual liberties
  3. 6. Powers shared by both state and federal levels
  4. 7. Official changes or additions to the Constitution
  5. 8. Group that feared a strong central government
  6. 9. The introductory statement of the Constitution's goals
  7. 10. The first (weak) U.S. government framework
  8. 12. Authority derived from the people's permission
  9. 13. To formally approve a legal document
  10. 16. 1215 document limiting the King's power
  11. 17. The idea that political power resides with the people
  12. 20. Concept that no one is above the law
  13. 22. Actions that the government is forbidden from taking
  14. 23. The supreme law of the land