Constitution Review

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Across
  1. 2. proposed a single legislature
  2. 4. amendment that guarantees a right to a trial by jury
  3. 7. protected by the 1st Amendment in the Bill of Rights
  4. 8. a strength of the Articles of Confederation
  5. 11. Example: Congress represents the people
  6. 13. compromise House of Representatives is based on population, but the Senate is equal
  7. 16. legislative, executive, and judicial branches
  8. 17. Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces
  9. 18. counted a portion of the slave population
  10. 19. 1st government under which the U.S. fought a war and negotiated treaties
  11. 20. supported a strong national government
  12. 21. a change to the Constitution due to various circumstances
Down
  1. 1. the President needs the consent of the Senate
  2. 3. believed the central government was too strong
  3. 5. government principle reflected in the 10th amendment
  4. 6. written in 1787
  5. 9. proposed a bicameral legislature based on population
  6. 10. stated the U.S. needed a strong federal government
  7. 12. showed the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised
  8. 14. thought the Constitution did not protect people from the government
  9. 15. right to a speedy trial, no searches and seizures, no cruel and unusual punishment