Across
- 2. introduction to the US constitution
- 6. delegates of the Constitutional Convention
- 7. placed limits on the power of the monarch
- 8. movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science would improve society
- 10. basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled to (life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
- 12. enforces laws (president and cabinet)
- 14. - interprets laws (supreme court)
- 15. political theory that government is subject to the will of the people (people have power)
- 19. powers shared by state and federal government
- 23. powers not specifically defined in the constitution, shall be entrusted to congress
- 26. influenced the delegates to make the constitution
- 27. first 10 amendments to the constitution, stating fundamental rights of citizens
- 29. - system in which each branch of government has a check on other branches so no one branch has too much power
- 30. an official change or addition to the constitution
- 31. powers that belong only to the state government
- 32. England's law making
Down
- 1. Powers powers that only belong to the national government
- 3. last state to ratify the constitution
- 4. supporters of the constitution and a strong national government
- 5. final and supreme authority of the US SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND
- 9. writer and philosopher enlightenment
- 11. Legislative, executive, judicial
- 13. ninth state to ratify the constitution
- 16. makes laws (house of representatives and senate)
- 17. against ratifying the constitution, feared power of national government
- 18. philosopher of enlightenment
- 20. representation democracy (people elect representatives)
- 21. group of presidential electors
- 22. the sharing of powers between national and state governments
- 24. first state to approve the constitution
- 25. the highest court where the judicial branch exists
- 28. the legislative body of a country or state