U.S. Constitution

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Across
  1. 2. makes the laws, Congress (Senate and the House of Representatives)
  2. 4. people who opposed the Constitution
  3. 7. A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.
  4. 9. Powers held jointly by the national and state governments.
  5. 11. formally approved
  6. 12. A government in which the people rule by their own consent.
  7. 13. enforces the laws (President, Vice President, Cabinet)
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  1. 1. A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution
  2. 3. Written by Hamilton, Jay, & Madison to support ratification of the U.S. Constituiton
  3. 5. interprets laws - supreme court
  4. 6. powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states
  5. 8. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
  6. 10. powers specifically given to the national government by the Constitution