The Constitution

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Across
  1. 2. The document that creates our nation’s government.
  2. 4. The process used to choose the president.
  3. 7. The president’s group of top advisors from 15 departments.
  4. 10. The phrase from Article VI stating that federal law outweighs state law.
  5. 12. The chamber of Congress based on population.
  6. 14. Returning a criminal to the state where the crime was committed.
  7. 16. The head of the executive branch.
  8. 17. The process of approving the Constitution by the states.
  9. 18. The clause that allows Congress to make laws to carry out its powers.
Down
  1. 1. The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
  2. 3. The chamber of Congress where each state has two members.
  3. 5. The only crime defined in the Constitution.
  4. 6. The president’s power to reject a bill passed by Congress.
  5. 8. A change or addition to the Constitution.
  6. 9. The introduction to the Constitution beginning with “We the People.”
  7. 10. The highest court in the United States.
  8. 11. An agreement with another country negotiated by the president.
  9. 13. The legislative body created by Article I.
  10. 15. The idea that power is shared between national and state governments.