Sayima Syed's Constitution-Crossword

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  1. 3. The Constitution strikes a balance between national and state power. This system is called _____.
  2. 5. Congress was restrained from making any laws about _____ for twenty years.
  3. 7. The Constitution is also called the _____ document.
  4. 10. The branches work together in a complex ____ of checks and balances.
  5. 14. Britain still had forts on American soil, but the army was too ____to do anything about it.
  6. 15. The Ninth Amendment covered a concern that people such as ______ had about a Bill of Rights.
  7. 18. Certain states didn’t want to ratify the Constitution without specific protections for the rights of____.
  8. 19. Like the Virginia Plan, it called for an _____ and judicial branch.
  9. 22. Additions to the original document are called ______.
  10. 23. Everyone going to the Philadelphia _____ saw the need for a stronger central government.
  11. 24. The president can ____ bills passed by Congress.
  12. 25. The seven main sections are called ______.
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  1. 1. Third Amendment is why police usually need a ______to enter a suspect's house or search their vehicle
  2. 2. Congress may _____ and remove federal judges.
  3. 4. Our First Constitution was the _________ of __________.
  4. 6. In 1786, there was a Tax _____in Massachusetts.
  5. 8. Things came to a head in 1785;farmers revolted against the government in this revolt.
  6. 9. The national government included one house of_______.
  7. 11. The ____sets out the goals of the document.
  8. 12. The _______is Commander-in-Chief of the military.
  9. 13. A constitution is a set of basic _____for the government.
  10. 16. Congress can ____ a veto if two-thirds of the representatives in both houses agree.
  11. 17. _____ completed the first draft of the Constitution.
  12. 20. The national government had debts too, and it couldn't collect ______ to repay them.
  13. 21. The Constitution is ______, which is why it has been changed many times.