Across
- 4. decision of Constitutional Convention to create a bicameral legislature, combining Virginia and New Jersey's plans
- 7. group in Congress where reprsentation is based on population
- 11. division of government that 'enforces laws' and leads the country; President is a part of this branch
- 14. powers of the government are only those listed in the Constitution. all people must follow the same laws, no one is above government.
- 15. the group that supported ratification of the Constitution as it was originally written
- 17. two levels of government, federal and state, share powers. some powers only belong to one level.
- 18. our basic rights as humans are guaranteed by the Constitution thanks to this principle
Down
- 1. each branch has a power over the other two, to keep the people safe. this keeps the country from "wrecking itself"
- 2. the powers of the government come from the people, our "popular" choice matters
- 3. document that outlines the rights of the people by ensuring certain freedoms and protections
- 5. the people are a republic who elect their leaders as a group, people are represented in the government
- 6. power is divided amongst multiple branches
- 8. having two houses or two groups; structure of the US Congress
- 9. decision of Constitutional Convention to count three out of every five slaves in the population for representation purposes
- 10. group at the Constitutional Convention who opposed the Constitution, unless it had a bill of rights added
- 12. division of government that 'makes laws'; Congress is a part of this branch
- 13. group in Congress where each state gets equal representation (2 representatives each)
- 16. division of the government that 'judges laws'; the Supreme Court is a part of this branch.