The Constitution

3. creators of the Constitution
7. the introduction to the Constitution
9. an organization that actively promotes the view of some part of the public on specific issues in order to influence government policy
10. the power given to the supreme court to determine if laws are unconstitutional
11. a system established to limit the government power so no branch would be more powerful than any other
12. the first three words of the Preamble
14. trade and other business dealings between two or more states
17. Hall the place where the delegates established the Constitution
19. to approve
20. relating to issues within a country

1. basic principle of democracy that says laws are passed by majority vote and elections are decided by a majority of the voters
2. could make treaties with foreign countries, nominate supreme court justices, and grants pardons
4. the legal forgiveness of a crime
5. is the fact that all the government's power comes from the people
6. the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president
8. the Constitution was given this nickname
13. he helped to ratify the Constitution
15. something added to the constitution so the government can change with life; this is why the Constitution is called the living document
16. the Constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments
18. there job is to make the laws