Unit 1 and 2 Test Review

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Across
  1. 2. Division of government among legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  2. 6. republic, Government with elected representatives ruled by a constitution
  3. 10. Belief that citizens elect representatives to make laws
  4. 13. Agreement about counting enslaved persons for representation
  5. 15. Having a single legislative body
  6. 19. Anti-Federalist leader, argued for Bill of Rights
  7. 22. Branch that enforces the laws (President)
  8. 26. Co-author of the Federalist Papers, first Chief Justice
  9. 28. Anti-Federalist who opposed the Constitution
  10. 29. Government must follow clear, established legal rules
  11. 30. Division of power between national and state governments
  12. 32. First ten amendments guaranteeing basic freedoms
  13. 34. Plan at the Constitutional Convention for two-house Congress
  14. 35. of Rights, 1689 law protecting Parliament and individual rights
  15. 39. America’s first government plan, weak central authority
  16. 41. Legal system based on court precedents and customs
  17. 44. Introduction to the Constitution stating its goals
  18. 45. Leading Federalist and co-author of many Federalist Papers
  19. 46. Branch that makes the laws (Congress)
  20. 47. government, System where citizens elect leaders to make laws
  21. 48. Group opposing ratification and demanding a Bill of Rights
Down
  1. 1. 1776 document declaring colonies free from Britain
  2. 3. “Father of the Constitution,” proposed the Virginia Plan
  3. 4. Person or paper opposing the new Constitution
  4. 5. Branch that interprets the laws (Supreme Court)
  5. 7. Proposal for representation in Congress based on state population
  6. 8. To formally approve or confirm an agreement
  7. 9. President of the Constitutional Convention
  8. 11. Rights everyone has for being human—life, liberty, property
  9. 12. Formal change or addition to the Constitution
  10. 14. Agreement among the people to create government for protection
  11. 16. Anti-Federalist leader and defender of liberty
  12. 17. Rights that cannot be taken away by government
  13. 18. Government is not all powerful; it is restricted by law
  14. 20. Each branch can limit the other branches’ powers
  15. 21. Papers, Series of essays promoting the Constitution’s ratification
  16. 23. Ideas and morals stemming from Jewish and Christian beliefs
  17. 24. Author of the Declaration of Independence, strong supporter of natural rights
  18. 25. Early agreement for self-government by the Pilgrims
  19. 27. Group supporting ratification and a strong central government
  20. 31. Government power resides in the people
  21. 33. Federal law is above state law
  22. 36. Having two legislative chambers or houses
  23. 37. Fair treatment through legal procedures
  24. 38. Pamphlet by Thomas Paine urging independence
  25. 40. Era emphasizing reason, science, and individual rights
  26. 42. Plan, Proposal for equal state representation in Congress
  27. 43. Congress can pass laws “necessary and proper” for governing