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- 6. To restrict or put limits on.
- 7. Initiative, The power of citizens to call for votes to change state constitutions
- 9. Bill of Rights, A 1689 document that guaranteed the rights of English citizens
- 10. To overrule, as when Congress overrides a presidential veto
- 11. A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises.
- 13. of Confederation, The first American constitution, passed in 1777, which created a loose alliance of 13 independent states.
- 18. Following accepted standards for conduct or behavior
- 19. Jersey Plan, The plan at the Constitutional Convention favored by smaller states, that called for three branches of government with a singles chamber legislature
- 24. A feeling of love and devotion to one’s country.
- 27. Alien, A person living in a country where he or she is not a citizen
- 28. To change
- 29. Plan, The plan at the Constitutional Convention that called for a strong national government with three branches and a two chamber legislature
- 33. Ordinance 1787, law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory
- 34. To approve
- 36. Duty, The responsibility of every citizen to serve on a jury when called
- 37. A law or rule
- 39. of Powers, A principal by which the powers of government are divided amoung separate branches.
- 40. of Rights, The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
- 43. Force
- 45. Understanding when something is serious and acting appropriately
- 47. A system of government in which citizens choose representatives to govern them
- 50. A document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government
- 51. Nonmilitary
- 52. To bring charges of serious wrongdoing against a public official
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- 1. Related to lawsuits involving the private rights of individuals.
- 2. To reject, as when the President rejects a law passed by Congress
- 3. A proposed law
- 4. An opponent of a strong federal government
- 5. To give evidence against
- 8. Something received by a predecessor or from the past
- 12. Convention, The gathering of state representatives on May 25, 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation
- 14. Enterprise, An economic system in which businesses compete freely with little government control
- 15. Papers, A series of essays by Federalist James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay in support of ratifying the Constitution.
- 16. A person who owes loyalty to a particular nation and is entitled to all its rights and protections
- 17. Sovereignty, Government by consent of the governed
- 20. Freedom
- 21. Compromise, An agreement at the Constitutional Convention that three fifths of the enslaved resident in any state be counted in it population.
- 22. A government in which one person or a small group holds complete authority.
- 23. To give up
- 25. Carta, A British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights.
- 26. A 1786 revolt in Massachusetts led by farmers in reaction to high taxes
- 30. To grant citizenship to a person who has met official requirements for becoming a citizen.
- 31. A system of transit lines, highways, bridges, and tunnels
- 32. Compromise, A plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
- 35. A settlement or peaceful solution in which each side gives up some of its demands in order to reach an agreement or peaceful solution.
- 38. A duty or task one is expected to carry out
- 41. A supporter of a strong federal government
- 42. A person who enters another country in order to settle there
- 43. Virtue, The willingness to work for the good of the nation or community even at great sacrifice.
- 44. To put private individuals or companies in charge of something
- 46. To give up
- 48. Having to do with being a citizen
- 49. government, A government on the county, parish, city, town, village, or district level
- 51. Money