Across
- 2. takes over the presidents job if the president is not able to perform their task
- 3. guarantees rights of individuals
- 5. made up by house of representatives and the senate
- 6. believed the government should be weak compared to the states different governments
- 8. making sure one of the branches isn't more powerful than another
- 10. highest court in federal judiciary for the U.S.
- 14. interprets the meaning of laws
- 16. bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing
- 18. states should be represented in congress based on size of their population
- 20. father of the constitution and proposed Virginia Plan
Down
- 1. branch responsible for making laws
- 4. first form of government for the U.S.
- 7. believed the government should be powerful to lead the country
- 9. a plan that gives small states power
- 11. document that displays the fundamental laws and principles that the U.S. is governed by
- 12. legislative body having two branches or chambers
- 13. states could count 3/5 of their slave population towards their state population
- 15. an agreement between two opposing sides
- 17. the president during the Constitutional Convention
- 19. leader of the country who is responsible for passing laws