Across
- 2. empowered to make decisions on military matters on behalf of its country
- 6. states where slavery was legal
- 7. an instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people
- 9. a court requirement that demands legal action
- 11. declared unconstitutional
- 12. tension
Down
- 1. court order directing an official to perform an official duty
- 3. states where slavery was illegal
- 4. a choice made from among available alternatives
- 5. an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery states in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories
- 8. to start a case against in a court of law
- 10. allows courts to determine the constitutionality of laws