Constitution: Celebration of Knowledge

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Across
  1. 2. you need to be this old to vote
  2. 3. this branch of government directly deals with the supreme court system
  3. 4. who was allowed to vote first
  4. 6. best government teacher ever
  5. 7. this branch of government is the president
  6. 10. Hamilton This man suggested the Constitutional Convention
  7. 11. plan in which amount of votes depends of population of your state
  8. 12. the president can have how many terms of 4 years
  9. 13. Examples of these types of people were uneducated, farmers who wanted a strong state government and a bill of rights
  10. 17. when you were not allowed to have alcohol
  11. 19. senators cannot give themselves this
  12. 20. jersey plan in which each state = same amount of representatives
  13. 23. if you commit a crime outside your residency you will be
  14. 24. this branch of government has two sections- the senate and house
  15. 27. Examples of these types of people are rich, landowners, who wanted a strong central government
  16. 29. Biden if President Obama dies who will take over
  17. 30. Before the Constitution some states had their own
  18. 31. Washington Representative of Virginia at the Constitutional Convention
Down
  1. 1. there are this many branches of government
  2. 2. college the 12th amendment deals with
  3. 5. Day September 17th is known as
  4. 8. Convention where men such as George Washington and James Madison got together to form the Constitution
  5. 9. of rights the first 10 amendments
  6. 14. originally these people were only worth 3/5 of a person
  7. 15. another term for amended when something is changed in the Constitution
  8. 16. the $1-2 tax payed to vote
  9. 17. All of these they were to keep silent at the Constitutional Convention
  10. 18. hundred It took this many days to write the Constitution
  11. 21. of Confederation The Constitutional Convention was a meeting to fix
  12. 22. Franklin This representative was 81 years young at the Constitutional Convention
  13. 25. Lincoln this man put forth the 13th amendment to make slavery illegal
  14. 26. the 16th amendment states the government has the right to collect what type of tax
  15. 28. senators can stay in office for this many years
  16. 32. compromise the combination of both proposed plans of the Constitutional Convention