Across
- 2. was the largest state in population to join the Confederacy, held the state convention
- 4. carries out, or executes, the law
- 6. Federalist leader, wanted stronger national government
- 11. what the executive branch does
- 12. A serious Virginia patriot, father of the US Constitution
- 15. A political person that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S federal government
- 17. What the judicial branch does
- 18. Anti federalist leader, wanted states to have more power
- 19. Highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States
- 20. laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government
- 22. the first state to sign the Bill of Rights
- 23. the plan at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress
- 24. the system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other two branches
Down
- 1. what the legislative branch does
- 3. enforces laws, leader of the executive branch
- 5. house chamber that is determined by the the population of each state
- 7. violent attacks on courthouses and other government in Massachusetts because of the debt prices
- 8. a formal listing of the basic rights of people in the United States
- 9. interprets the laws
- 10. this helps determine how many representatives a state gets
- 13. house chamber that is equal, meaning each state gets 2 senators
- 14. a person or people that shares power between the national and state governments
- 16. is to make a law
- 20. Controls laws that are written, made up of senate and H.O.R
- 21. an agreement made at the Constitutional Convention starting that enslaved persons would be counted as 3/5 of a person
