Midterms crossword

2. outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
5. A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision.
10. designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress, as under the Articles of Confederation.
11. manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
12. Naturalization is the process to become a U.S. citizen if you were born outside of the United States.
15. provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state.
16. first ten amendments
17. only states
18. three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
19. the u.s. government type

1. a person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
3. federal and state can do
4. prohibits states from interfering with the federal government's exercise of its constitutional powers
6. Legal obligation
7. expressed powers
8. a person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
9. moral obligation
13. not expressed powers
14. study of rights and duty’s of citizens
20. provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.