Across
- 5. These members are the head of the executive departments
- 6. The legislative branch and their roles and responsibilities to the U.S. government
- 7. Slave trade was banned in the United States in 1808
- 10. Ruled that the Constitution requires the states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves.
- 11. All states use this system with the exception of Maine & Nebraska
- 14. Having retroactive effect or force
- 16. A plan for a strong national government with three branches
- 17. The first written constitution of the United States
- 18. Granted the right to vote at the age of 18
Down
- 1. review by the U.S. Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act
- 2. A deal between the large & small states to provide representation
- 3. Powers not granted to the national government and not denied to the state
- 4. Once a presidential candidate reaches this number they win the election
- 8. A president can only serve two terms
- 9. An action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote on a bill
- 12. Senate can vote to set an end to a debate without also rejecting the bill
- 13. Powers that are given to the national government in the Constitution
- 15. First ten amendments to the constitution