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- 1. The first capital city of the U.S. was here (three words, no spaces).
- 3. In the first few presidential elections, _____ from each state, not regular citizens, had the power to select the President.
- 5. The ____ Amendment gives the freedom of religion, speech, press, etc.
- 6. The ____ of Rights included a list of natural rights that the government can't take away from citizens.
- 10. These are people who did not support the new version of the U.S. constitution because they feared a strong central government.
- 12. The President of the U.S. can reject a proposed law that Congress has passed with this power of ___.
- 13. A change to the Constitution is called a(n) ____.
- 14. Alexander ____ was a strong Federalist.
- 16. The first President of the U.S. was George ____.
- 18. The Sixth and Seventh Amendments give the right to a trial by ____.
- 20. People who promoted the ratification of the new constitution wrote a series of essays called the "Federalist _____."
Down
- 2. The process of approving the constitution is called ____.
- 4. The first amendment to the U.S. Constitution said that Congress can make no law establishing a specific ___.
- 7. The third amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbade the government from ______ troops in citizens’ homes without their consent.
- 8. George ____ was a strong Antifederalist.
- 9. A pen name is also called a ____, like "Publius" was the pen name for several Federalists who wrote "The Federalist Papers."
- 11. These are people who wanted to ratify the new U.S. constitution because they wanted a stronger central government.
- 15. The Constitution says that any proposed amendment must be ratified by ___-fourths of all the states.
- 17. The principle behind one of the First Amendment rights is the idea of the "separation between Church and ___."
- 19. The first Vice President of the U.S. was John _____.