Across
- 5. Branches have the ability to veto or amend acts in order to protect from tyranny
- 7. Favored large states; proposed a bicameral legislature
- 8. Most popular form of government in the world; America's first system of government
- 9. AKA the Great Compromise; proposed a bicameral legislature, one house by population and one that was equal
- 15. The Constitution specifies powers granted and restricted in order to insure against unnecessary government interference in peoples lives
- 17. Constitutional division of power between the national government and the states in which they each enforce their laws directly on the people, but neither party can alter the arrangements
- 18. Powers not directly stated in the constitution
- 20. Powers not given specifically to the national government; They are therefore given to the states
- 21. The number of amendments in the Constitution
Down
- 1. The court case that broadened congressional power and national supremacy; states cannot double tax federal banks
- 2. Type of government in which power flows between the national government and the states; America's current form of government
- 3. Powers are split between the three branches so they all have individual duties and purpose
- 4. The court case that established Judicial Review; gave the Judiciary branch a lot more power
- 6. Event that led to the Constitutional Convention; showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
- 10. Powers shared by the national and state governments
- 11. Political authority held in the hands of the people.
- 12. Favored the Constitution; Hamilton, Madison, Jay
- 13. Type of government in which power flows from the states to the federal government; America's second form of government
- 14. Powers that are given only to the national government
- 16. Did not want the Constitution; only allowed it to pass after adding the Bill of Rights
- 19. Favored small states; proposed a unicameral legislature