Across
- 1. Initially, those who supported the Constitution during the ratification period
- 8. Rule by the people
- 10. The fundamental law undergirding the structure of government
- 12. Document declaring American independence from Great Britain
- 13. Compromise on legislative representation whereby the lower chamber is based on population, and the upper chamber provides equal representation to the states
- 14. Powers not expressly granted to Congress but added through the necessary and proper clause
- 19. First ten amendments to the Constitution, which provide basic political rights
- 21. Powers expressly granted to Congress by the Constitution
- 22. Government structure that authorizes each branch of government to share powers with other branches, thereby holding some scrutiny of and control over the other branches
- 23. Those who opposed the new proposed Constitution during the ratification period
- 25. Makes the laws
- 26. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the regional governments
- 27. System of government in which ultimate authority rests with the national government
- 28. Form of government in which power derives from citizens, but public officials make policy and govern according to existing law
- 29. Makes federal law supreme over state laws
Down
- 2. Form of democracy in which political power is exercised directly by citizens
- 3. Meeting in 1787 at which twelve states intended to revise the Articles of Confederation
- 4. Initial governing authority of the United States
- 5. Government structure in which authority is divided among branches, with each holding separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility
- 6. Powers retained by the states under the Constitution
- 7. Formal process of changing the Constitution
- 9. Compromise over slavery at the Constitutional Convention that granted states extra representation in the House of Representatives based on their number of slaves at the ratio of 3/5th
- 11. The presidential electors, selected to represent the votes of their respective states, who meet every four years to cast the electoral votes for president and vice president
- 15. System of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between national and state governments
- 16. Holds the judicial authority of the United States in one Supreme Court and other inferior courts that Congress might choose to establish
- 17. Powers held by both the national and state governments in a federal system
- 18. Consists of a unitary president, chosen for a 4 year term by an Electoral College
- 20. Authority of courts to declare laws passed by Congress and acts of the executive branch to be unconstitutional
- 24. Authority of the president to block legislation passed by Congress can override a veto by a two-thirds majority in each chamber