Constitutional Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. this branch was made to carry out the laws
  2. 4. The first president of the united states was _______
  3. 6. This man was the fourth president of the united states
  4. 9. Because the Founding Fathers did not want any branch to be able to abuse its powers they created a system of _________________
  5. 11. as a result they prevented one branch from gaining to much power finally they included a_________
  6. 13. he was the second president of the united states
  7. 14. There are this many amendments to the constitution today
  8. 15. the federal government had no power to _____
Down
  1. 1. the judicial branch. Its job was to determine if the laws passed by Congress were constitutional. The main part of this branch was the __________
  2. 3. he was the third president of the united states
  3. 5. formal plan of government
  4. 7. There are 3 ________ to keep the government in order
  5. 8. the chief executive for the united states would be called the _____
  6. 10. this branch allows laws to be made
  7. 12. because of the ____ of the government under the Articles of Confederation the Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a new plan of government