Across
- 4. Opening statement of the Constitution
- 7. An official change or addition to the Constitution
- 8. President's rejection of legislation
- 11. Branch that interprets federal laws
- 13. Powers that help prevent one branch from becoming too strong
- 17. Founder often called the Father of the Constitution
- 18. Branch that makes federal laws
- 21. First three words of the Constitution
- 22. Branch that carries out federal laws
- 24. Seven main divisions of the original Constitution
- 26. Representatives at the Constitutional Convention
- 30. Delegates who placed their names on the document
- 31. Constitutional system that distributes government power
- 32. Material on which the Constitution was written
- 35. Minimum number needed to conduct official business
- 36. Number of delegates who signed the Constitution
- 37. Name for the first 10 amendments
- 38. Chamber based on state population
- 39. Writing instrument made from a feather
- 40. Something the framers sought to make more perfect
Down
- 1. Congressional action that can defeat a veto
- 2. Date of Constitution Day
- 3. Constitutional process for charging a public official
- 5. Peace and order within the nation
- 6. Leader of the executive branch
- 9. National legislative body
- 10. Source of authority in the Constitution
- 12. Freedom protected for present and future generations
- 14. Future generations named in the Preamble
- 15. Principle the Preamble promises to establish
- 16. Division of power between national and state governments
- 19. Month in which the Constitution was signed
- 20. Government in which citizens elect representatives
- 23. Convention president and first U.S. president
- 25. Chamber with two members from each state
- 27. Benjamin who was the oldest delegate at the convention
- 28. Nation's highest court
- 29. To formally approve
- 33. Supreme law of the United States
- 34. City where the Constitution was signed