Across
- 4. A sign of respect or admiration
- 10. One of the first and most important Supreme Court cases on federal power
- 11. Someone who believes in the type of political system in which states or territories share control with a central government
- 12. Four internal security laws passed by the U.S. Congress
- 13. Refers to the judicial appointments made by President John Adams
- 14. A nation in which the people elect those who make the laws and run the government
- 19. The branch of government having the power to make laws
- 21. Asserted that states had the power to nullify unconstitutional federal laws
- 23. The highest deliberative functions in a government are performed by a council of citizens
- 24. The ability of courts to decide whether acts of the legislative and executive branches of government are valid
- 26. Settlers rebelling against the liquor tax and protesting
- 27. political meeting of leaders or representatives of groups of people
- 29. Were a series of writings about the Constitution of the United States
- 33. Three out of every five slaves would be counted
- 34. The executive branch carries out and enforces laws
- 35. The first constitution of the United States
- 36. Protests in western Massachusetts against the collecting of land taxes to pay off war debts, which affected farmers.
Down
- 1. Persons receive equal treatment from the government
- 2. The fundamental principles and laws of a country or state that dictate the government's powers and responsibilities
- 3. Makes sure that laws are followed correctly
- 5. Having to do with a government system that unifies multiple states under a single authority
- 6. An agreement that eased tensions between the United States and the Great Britain
- 7. The lower house of a legislative body
- 8. The U.S. Supreme Court first declared an act of Congress as unconstitutional
- 9. A political incident between France and the United States
- 15. Proportional representation in the lower house (House of Representatives) and equal representation of the states in the upper house (the Senate).
- 16. To give formal approval
- 17. Agreement between Spain and the United States that establishes the US's southern border
- 18. A person who opposed the adoption of the U.S. Constitution
- 20. An introduction to a document that explains the objective of the document
- 22. The highest judicial court in a country or state
- 25. The pseudonym used by Alexander Hamilton
- 28. An officer elected to lead a group or organization
- 30. To ascertain the number
- 31. Doubled the size of the United States
- 32. The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution