American history

3. Wrote the constitution
4. and official approval
8. what is the leader of the Congress that wrote the articles of confederation
11. A political system in which power is shared between the national government and the state governments
13. Was a nationalist
14. didn’t get his job and Sue’s James Madison
15. Impeachment of federal officials
16. National
17. Gave the president the power to arrest and import
19. heavy fine or jail time for any person who was found guilty in criticizing the government
20. A group of persons chosen from each state to indirectly elect the president and the vice president

1. Heads of the executive departments who meet as a group in order to advise the president
2. A principal stating that the government has only as much authority as the people give it and therefore its power is limited
5. A lawmaking body made of two houses
6. The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether acts of a president or laws passed by Congress are constitutional
7. A system in which each branch of the government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other two
9. A theory that states could notify or avoid any federal law they deemed unconstitutional
10. Chief justice of Supreme Court
12. Necessary and proper
18. vetos bills