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Across
  1. 3. An accusation of wrongdoing
  2. 4. ___ Compromise provided representation in congress to satisfy both small and large states
  3. 6. The ___ plan was favored by larger states, three branches, bicameral legislature, supremacy of national government, separation of powers
  4. 8. ___ Compromise counted only a certain amount of slaves for voting, solved temporary problems between the north and south.
  5. 9. The ___ plan was favored my small states, Sovereignty of states, limited and defined powers of national legislature
  6. 12. The group of presidential electors required by the Constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of appointing the president and vice president.
  7. 14. Part of checks and balances, based on power granted in article 1, section 7 of the constitution
  8. 15. ___ a bicameral—or two-house—legislature.
  9. 20. the meeting of state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution
  10. 23. Parchment Barriers, First 10 amendments of the constitution
  11. 25. In late 2001, congress passed the ____, The law covered intelligence gatheringand sharing by executive branch agencies, points of criminal procedure, and border protection. It allowed government agencies to share information about significant suspects, and it widened authority on tapping suspects’ phones.
Down
  1. 1. The lack of a centralized military power and readiness to respond to a violent uprising became the closing argument of the need for a strong central government.
  2. 2. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
  3. 5. ____ issues, these are which framers of the constitution could not have anticipated how the population of the United States would grow when they gave all states equal representation in the Senate.
  4. 7. People or groups of people who be affected by politics
  5. 10. ___ explains how constitutional provisions of separation of powers and checks and balances control abuses by majorities
  6. 11. 435 members make up the:
  7. 13. A system of used to ensure no branch of government gets more power over the other
  8. 16. If the president vetoes a bill, the Congress, each house acting separately, can overcome the veto with a two-thirds ___, a super majority vote in each house.
  9. 17. An anti-federalist who wrote a series of essays against ratifying the constitution
  10. 18. If the president receives the bill at the end of a legislative session, however, refusal to sign is known as a ___
  11. 19. (abbreviation) first "constitution" and required document
  12. 21. Multiple ____ points for stakeholders and institutions to influence public policy
  13. 22. Part of the constitution, deals with the amendment process
  14. 24. 2/3 Congress Propose 3/4 State ___