Constitution & Bill of Rights

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Across
  1. 2. People give consent to be governed
  2. 3. The percent of states that must approve an amendment for it to become a law
  3. 4. The branch of government that is in charge of the court system
  4. 6. The opening section of the Constitution
  5. 7. The document written in 1787 and ratified in 1788 that laid out the structure of the U.S. government; it replaced the Articles of Confederation
  6. 10. The number of each of the houses of congress that must approve an amendment for it to be submitted to the states of their approval
  7. 12. Another name for the first 10 amendments
  8. 14. The government only has the power to do what the people let them do
  9. 15. An alteration or change that adds to, improves or corrects a motion or bill
  10. 16. To reject a proposed law or a bill
  11. 18. The Judicial Branch has the ability to rule that an act of government goes against the Constitution
Down
  1. 1. The branch of government that carries out the laws
  2. 5. Each branch can check the others to make sure none of them become too powerful
  3. 8. The branch of government that writes the laws
  4. 9. A proposed law
  5. 11. Quoted as saying that the Constitution "belongs to the living and not to the dead"
  6. 13. Powers are divided among 3 branches
  7. 17. The powers of government are divided between national, state, and local governments