NayVonne Crossword Puzzle

1. an addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution.
3. 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799).
4. outlined a strong national government with three branches.
5. the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.
6. It does not define government powers or individual rights.
8. is the legislative branch of the federal government that represents the American people and makes the nation's laws.
10. determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population.
12. the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it.
13. a supporters of the federal government.
15. the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States.
17. designed to protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress.
18. the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
19. is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government.
20. the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.

2. consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies.
7. branch makes all laws.
9. decides the constitutionality of federal laws and resolves other disputes about federal laws.
11. deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature.
14. the elected head of a republic.
16. provides each branch of government with individual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.