Foundations of American Government Review

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Across
  1. 3. Written document that is the “supreme law of the land”
  2. 7. Group that opposed ratifying the Constitution until rights were protected
  3. 9. System that divides authority between national and state governments
  4. 11. Government power comes from the people
  5. 13. Group that supported ratifying the Constitution
  6. 16. Protects individual freedoms and limits national power (first 10 amendments)
  7. 17. The idea that government officials must obey the Constitution
Down
  1. 1. Government must follow the law and can only use powers given to it
  2. 2. Permission given by the people for government to act
  3. 4. Clause allowing national government to make needed laws (two words, no space)
  4. 5. Courts can strike down laws or actions that violate the Constitution
  5. 6. Each branch can restrain another branch
  6. 8. Branch that enforces laws
  7. 10. Branch that interprets laws
  8. 12. System that divides government into three separate branches
  9. 14. Branch that makes laws
  10. 15. Clause stating national law is higher than state law (two words, no space)