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Across
- 1. month we celebrate Independence Day
- 2. date we celebrate Independence Day
- 4. Commander-in-Chief of military
- 5. the Emancipation Proclamation freed the _______ in the Confederacy
- 7. current capital of the US
- 9. # of years in a Presidential term
- 11. colonists fought the British over _________ without representation
- 13. this branch enforces laws
- 15. Father of Our Country
- 19. highest court in US
- 20. ocean on the East Coast of the US
- 22. city where the Declaration of Independence was written
- 23. this branch interprets laws
- 26. the Louisiana Territory was purchased from this country
- 28. the supreme law of the land
- 30. this person takes his/her place if the President can no longer serve
- 31. Father of the Constitution
- 32. title of our national anthem
Down
- 1. author of the Declaration of Independence
- 3. this stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful
- 6. people from this continent were sent to America and sold as slaves
- 8. major issue that led to the Civil War
- 10. number of stars on the US flag
- 12. # of justices on Supreme Court
- 13. country the Declaration of Independence declared independence from
- 14. representation in the House of Representatives is based on _______
- 15. Susan B. Anthony fought for rights for _______
- 16. this group of people lived in America before the Europeans arrived
- 17. first ten amendments to the Constitution
- 18. # of Senators in Congress
- 21. number of stripes on the US flag
- 24. this branch makes laws
- 25. ocean on the West Coast of the US
- 27. both the 1st and 2nd _____________ Congresses met in Philadelphia
- 29. one of the longest rivers in the US