The Constitution

5. Hailed as “father of the constitution”.
6. a country governed by elected representatives.
7. a meeting held in Philadelphia in 1787 at which delegates from the states wrote the U.S. Constitution.
9. the “Age of Reason” in 17th- and 18th-century Europe.
11. to treat a person or group unfairly.
13. a basic principle of democracy that says laws are passed by majority vote and elections are decided by a majority of the voters
14. a group of people or things with obvious differences among them.
17. a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed.
19. trade and other business dealings between two or more states.
20. the lawmaking part of government, called the legislature. To legislate is to make a law.
21. relating to issues within a country.

1. the part of government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws.
2. the use or purpose of something.
3. the plan of government adopted at the Constitutional Convention that established a two-house Congress.
4. supporting ideas of freedom, change, and progress
8. a series of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay.
10. the group established by the Constitution to elect the president and vice president. Voters in each state choose their electors.
12. a region of the United States bounded by the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and the Great Lakes.
15. the part of government that carries out, or executes, the laws.
16. a written plan that provides the basic framework of a government.
18. the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments.