The Constitution

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Across
  1. 1. The executive branch's job is to _______, or carry out the laws.
  2. 4. Powers that belong only to the state governments
  3. 8. The legal process of becoming a citizen
  4. 11. System in which each branch of government checks, or limits, other branches so no one branch gets too much power
  5. 12. Placed limits on the power of the monarch, model for Americans
  6. 13. Powers shared by state and federal governments
  7. 15. Rights Based on the ideas of John Locke, basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled (US - life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
  8. 16. Branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law (President and Cabinet)
  9. 18. Rights such as freedom of speech, press, religion, bear arms, trial by jury, etc.
  10. 20. Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people (people have the power)
  11. 21. power comes from the people
  12. 23. Lawmaking branch of government (Congress - Senate and House of Representatives)
  13. 25. Movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science would improve society
  14. 27. Government with limited powers strictly defined by law; no person or group is above the law
  15. 29. Influenced Framers of the Constitution, views on natural rights are reflected in the Constitution
  16. 30. To approve
  17. 33. The equal application of the law regardless of a person’s race, religion, political beliefs, or other qualities
  18. 34. "Father of the Constitution," a framer of the Constitution
  19. 35. The sharing of powers between the national and state governments
  20. 36. Procedures the government must follow that are established by law
  21. 37. Supporters of the Constitution and a stronger national government, feared disorder without it
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  1. 2. Powers not specifically defined in the Constitution, shall be entrusted to Congress
  2. 3. England's lawmaking (legislative) body
  3. 5. Powers that belong only to the federal government
  4. 6. Against ratifying the Constitution, feared power of national government and wanted a Bill of Rights included to protect people's rights
  5. 7. An official change or addition to the Constitution
  6. 9. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
  7. 10. Based on Montesquieu's ides - A principle by which powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch gets too much power
  8. 14. (Republicanism) People rule through elected representatives
  9. 17. Proposed law
  10. 19. Special group of electors chosen to vote for president and vice president
  11. 22. Final and supreme authority of the US, SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND
  12. 24. First 10 amendments to the Constitution, stating the fundamental rights of citizens
  13. 26. Delegates of the Constitutional Convention who "built"/shaped the US Constitution
  14. 28. Branch of government that includes the courts that settle disputes and questions of the law (Supreme court and Federal Courts)
  15. 31. Power of the court to judge whether or not actions are unconstitutional
  16. 32. Introduction to the Constitution stating the GOALS of the Constitution