Marie's Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. These members are the head of the executive departments
  2. 6. The legislative branch and their roles and responsibilities to the U.S. government
  3. 7. Slave trade was banned in the United States in 1808
  4. 10. Ruled that the Constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves.
  5. 11. All states use this system with the exception of Maine & Nebraska
  6. 14. Having retroactive effect or force
  7. 16. A plan for a strong national government with three branches
  8. 17. The first written constitution of the United States
  9. 18. Granted the right to vote at the age of 18
Down
  1. 1. review by the U.S. Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act
  2. 2. A deal between the large & small states to provide representation
  3. 3. Powers not granted to the national government and not denied to the state
  4. 4. Once a presidential candidate reaches this number they win the election
  5. 8. A president can only serve two terms
  6. 9. An action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill
  7. 12. Senate can vote to set an end to a debate without also rejecting the bill
  8. 13. Powers that are given to the national government in the Constitution
  9. 15. First ten amendments to the constitution