US Constitution and Bill of Rights
Across
- 2. of the Press/1st Amendment; right to state anything in the printed form
- 4. is held by the people and exercised through the efforts of representatives elected by those people
- 8. of Rights/Basic Rights
- 9. Government/Limits are placed on the powers of government
- 10. Speech/1st Amendment; right to speak one's own mind
- 11. of powers/Form of government organized in three branches; legislative, executive, and judicial
- 12. document that defines government
- 13. Constitution/Basic law and government of the US; based on 7 principles
Down
- 1. of the powers of government between a central government and the regional governments
- 3. sovereignty/All political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government
- 5. Convention/Constitutional convention resulting in creation of the federal government
- 6. rights/The rights of the people protected in the Bill of Rights
- 7. Eighty-Seven/US Constitution written at Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
- 10. Papers/Newspaper articles in New York state; explained why people should adopt US Constitution
- 12. and balances/Each branch of the government shares its power and checks the other two