Unit 5 Vocab
Across
- 4. a change or addition to the Constitution
- 7. rights that cannot be taken away
- 12. dividing government power into three branches
- 17. a group of citizens who decide court cases
- 21. the first written plan for the U.S. government
- 24. the idea that people hold the power
- 26. fair steps the government must follow
- 28. the main written plan for how the U.S. government works
- 30. a person who did not support the Constitution
- 31. sharing power between states and the national government
- 32. a group of states joined together
Down
- 1. to house soldiers in your home
- 2. the right to gather peacefully
- 3. something that follows the rules of a constitution
- 5. the area north and west of the original states
- 6. the group that chooses the president
- 8. rights that belong to each person
- 9. the right to vote
- 10. an agreement where each side gives up something
- 11. the first ten amendments that protect rights
- 13. a clause that lets Congress make necessary laws
- 14. a plan that gave more power to big states
- 15. the right to know why you are being held
- 16. an agreement about counting enslaved people
- 18. a rule or law made by a government
- 19. essays written to support the Constitution
- 20. to approve something officially
- 22. a plan that gave equal power to all states
- 23. the idea that government cannot do whatever it wants
- 25. choosing leaders to represent the people
- 27. ways each branch can limit the others
- 29. a person who supported the Constitution