Across
- 4. supported the Constitution
- 6. Type of change made to the Constituion from executive action, party politics, traditions, etc.
- 9. did not want the constitution to be ratified
- 11. Number of amendments to the Constitution
- 12. Federal law supercedes all local and state laws
- 13. Governmental power lies with the people
- 15. Governmental bodies that ratified all but one of the amendments
- 16. First ten amendments to the Constitution
- 17. Branch that determines if laws Constitutional
- 18. Number of electoral votes a president must receive to win
- 21. System to ellect the president
- 24. Theory by John Locke that states the people must respect the government if it is doing its job well
Down
- 1. Wrote most of the Federalist Papers
- 2. Name of a divided government to ensure one branch does not hold all the power
- 3. Day in September that the Constitution was signed
- 5. Persaussive essays written to convince citizens to ratify the Constitution
- 7. number of electors
- 8. Wrote the two most famous Federalist Papers
- 10. Number of branches of government
- 14. Branch that writes laws
- 17. Wrote a few Federalist papers
- 19. Branch that enforces laws
- 20. Only amendment ratified by a special convention
- 22. Fraction needed to amend the Constitution
- 23. States the goals of the Constitution
