Across
- 5. An introduction to a document that states its purpose
- 6. The result of a person's actions
- 8. The people who wrote the original draft of the US Constitution
- 9. The foundation of the US federal government and the supreme law of the land
- 11. A system in the U.S. government that prevents any one branch from becoming too powerful by distributing power among the three branches of government
- 12. The first ten amendments to the Constitution, involving people’s individual rights
Down
- 1. An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making adjustments or exceptions
- 2. The national government
- 3. A change in writing or in a statement
- 4. A government, as we have in the US, in which the people of the country have the power to make decisions, usually by voting in elections
- 7. The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality (human rights)
- 10. The purpose behind a person's actions