United States Constitution Crossword

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  1. 3. Checks and _______________ ensure no branch gets more powerful than the other two.
  2. 6. What is the first section of the Constitution called?
  3. 8. The writers wanted to make it clear the __________ of the country were making the rules.
  4. 9. The first attempt at a constitution was the Articles of ___________________.
  5. 10. The Bill of __________ is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
  6. 11. This many states needed to approve the Constitution for it to go into effect.
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  1. 1. A set of fundamental principles and laws a country has agreed to abide by for its government.
  2. 2. The ________________ papers helped to explain the new Constitution.
  3. 3. The US Constitution is the most _________ law of the United States.
  4. 4. They created a Federal ___________ where different levels of the government share power.
  5. 5. The ______________ of Powers split the government into three equal branches.
  6. 7. A change to the Constitution is called an ______________.