OST Government Review

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Across
  1. 1. This amendment limits the President to serving only two terms.
  2. 6. This amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition.
  3. 10. This amendment provides for the filling of a Vice Presidential vacancy and presidential disability.
  4. 12. To lose the right to vote, often through devices like poll taxes or literacy tests.
  5. 14. Powers shared by both the national and state governments.
  6. 15. A fee once charged to voters, later prohibited by the 24th Amendment.
  7. 16. The branch of government responsible for making laws
  8. 20. This amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in response to the Vietnam War.
  9. 21. This era saw reforms like the federal income tax and direct election of senators.
  10. 22. Amendment that protects the right to keep and bear arms.
  11. 23. Amendment that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
  12. 24. The opening phrase of the Preamble that reflects popular sovereignty.
  13. 26. The branch of government responsible for carrying out the laws.
  14. 28. The principle that government can only exercise powers granted to it by the rule of law.
  15. 29. This amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.
Down
  1. 2. This amendment granted women the right to vote in every state.
  2. 3. Powers specifically stated or listed in the Constitution for the national government.
  3. 4. This amendment prohibits the manufacturing and sale of alcohol.
  4. 5. This group argued that a Bill of Rights was necessary because the original Constitution was inadequate.
  5. 7. The division of power between a central authority and constituent units like states.
  6. 8. The branch of government that interprets the laws.
  7. 9. General term for the right to vote.
  8. 11. Amendment that allowed for the direct election of senators by the people.
  9. 13. The first ten amendments to the Constitution, ratified in 1791.
  10. 16. A period of transition where an outgoing official has little influence.
  11. 17. A tool used by the President to block a bill passed by Congress.
  12. 18. The principle that the authority of a government is derived from the people
  13. 19. Amendment that protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment.
  14. 25. Amendment that protects freedoms of speech, religion, and the press.
  15. 27. The group that argued the national government's powers were enumerated and a Bill of Rights was unnecessary.