Across
- 3. the sharing of powers between the national and state governments
- 4. interprets laws (Supreme Court)
- 5. first 10 amendments to the Constitution stating fundamental rights of citizens
- 6. basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled (us-life,liberty,pursuit of happiness)
- 7. England's lawmaking (legislative) body
- 9. movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science would improve society
- 11. introduction to the US Constitution
- 12. against ratifying the Constitution, feared power of national government
- 14. system in which each branch of government has a check on other branches so no one branch gets too much power
Down
- 1. delegates of Constitutional Convention who "built"/shaped US Constitution
- 2. makes the laws (Congress, Senate, & House of Representatives)
- 8. enforces laws (President & Cabinet)
- 10. legislative, executive and judicial
- 13. supporters of the Constitution and a stronger national government
- 15. final and supreme authority of US, Supreme law of the land
- 16. an official change or addition to the Constitution