Social Studies Review CWP 11/20/23

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950
Across
  1. 2. Mountain range you can see to the West
  2. 5. _____ Compromise: Had to do with how to count enslaved people for votes in Congress
  3. 9. Direction that is usually "up" on a map
  4. 10. The sharing and balancing of power among the different branches of government so that no one branch can have more power than the others
  5. 13. The number of states when the US began in 1776
  6. 14. Direction that is usually "right" on a map
  7. 16. Articles of __________: America's first government
  8. 17. 3rd President, wrote the Declaration of Independence
  9. 18. Country to the North of the US
  10. 20. ______ rights: Basic rights that EVERY person has that cannot be taken away by governments
  11. 24. King of England during the American Revolution
  12. 27. State directly East of Colorado
  13. 28. How many US states are there?
  14. 29. The state we live in
  15. 31. Major American holiday happening this week
  16. 32. City with biggest population in US
  17. 36. People who liked the constitution and big federal government
  18. 38. One of the main federalists. 4th President. Shortest president
  19. 42. The national mammal of the United States
  20. 44. The power of the courts to declare laws and actions of governments invalid if they contradict the Constitution
  21. 46. The country the US declared independence from
  22. 48. Direction that is usually "left" on a map
  23. 49. Site of a tea party and a massacre
  24. 50. State directly South of Colorado
Down
  1. 1. Citizens making their community or country better even if it costs them individually
  2. 3. Biggest US state
  3. 4. Tallest mountain in the US
  4. 6. Declaration of _________: Colonists told England they're breaking up
  5. 7. The division of power among the three different branches of government
  6. 8. A main idea in the Constitution which means self government, government is created by the consent of the people, “We the people…”
  7. 11. ____-Federalists: People who were concerned about a big federal government
  8. 12. Capitol of Colorado
  9. 15. A form of government in which power is divided and shared between a central/national government and state and local governments
  10. 19. Bird considered to be a symbol of America
  11. 21. Country to the South of the US
  12. 22. Direction that is usually "down" on a map
  13. 23. Our country's capitol
  14. 25. Compromise reached when Rodger Sherman suggested putting the VA and NJ plans together
  15. 26. The Articles of Confederation were ___ _______
  16. 29. Explorer who thought the Earth was shaped like a pear
  17. 30. John ____: Philosopher that heavily influenced Jefferson and others
  18. 33. State directly to the North of Colorado
  19. 34. Term we use for the people Columbus thought were Indians
  20. 35. The expectation that governments are fair and follow known rules and procedures
  21. 37. Stamp ____, Sugar _____, Tea _____. All laws that upset colonists
  22. 39. The US Government is made up of three of these
  23. 40. Month the Declaration of Ind. was signed
  24. 41. The way a government maintains order or addresses the needs of its citizens as explained in the Constitution
  25. 43. A change or addition to a legal document
  26. 45. Document that sets up the US government, replaced weak Articles
  27. 47. State directly West of Colorado