VOCAB CROSSWORD!

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Across
  1. 4. supporters of the Constitution and a stronger national government
  2. 5. an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president
  3. 8. an official change or addition to the Constitution
  4. 9. having two branches or chambers
  5. 10. interprets laws (supreme court)
  6. 12. political theory that government is subject to the will of the people (people have the power)
  7. 15. powers that belong to only the state government
  8. 16. the highest judicial court in a country
  9. 17. intro to the US Constitution
  10. 18. system in which each branch of government has a check on other branches so no one branch has gets too much power
  11. 20. the elected head of the executive branch
  12. 21. national legislative body of a county
  13. 22. representative democracy (people elect representatives)
  14. 24. a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district
  15. 25. a formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action
  16. 26. England's lawmaking (legislative) body
  17. 29. movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science would improve society
  18. 30. rights basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled (life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness)
  19. 31. powers not specifically defined in the Constitution, shall be entrusted to Congress
Down
  1. 1. legislative, executive, and judicial
  2. 2. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference
  3. 3. makes laws (congress: senate and house of representatives)
  4. 6. enforces laws (president and cabinet)
  5. 7. of rights first ten amendments to the Constitution, stating fundamental rights of citizens
  6. 11. final and supreme authority of US; Supreme Law of the Land
  7. 13. against ratifying the Constitution, feared power of national government
  8. 14. powers that belong only to the federal government
  9. 19. powers shared by state and federal government
  10. 23. the sharing of powers between the national and state government
  11. 27. a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government
  12. 28. delegates of Constitution Convention who built the US Constitution