US Constitution Crossword

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  1. 4. This ensures one branch of government does not become stronger than the others
  2. 5. To charge a public official with crimes
  3. 10. A man-made river
  4. 11. The first President of the US
  5. 14. Leader of the Federalist faction, who favored a strong national government
  6. 18. Leader of the Antifederalist faction, who favored a weak national government
  7. 19. Another word for intro, the Constitution has an important one
  8. 22. A non-professional military force made up of untrained citizen-soldiers
  9. 26. A system of government where power is shared between a national government and state governments
  10. 27. This document served as the basis of US government before the Constitution but had too weak of a national government
  11. 30. A form of government where a one person is given supreme power, usually in an emergency
  12. 32. The branch responsible for enforcing laws
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  1. 1. Congress may do this to fund government actions
  2. 2. This settled the disagreement about how slaves should be counted towards the population for calculating representation to congress
  3. 3. A violent uprising of farmers in Massachusetts which prompted the forming of the Constituional Convention
  4. 6. This law passed by Congress ended the state arguments about land and set up the rules for admitting new states
  5. 7. An independent small-scale farmer who owns their own land
  6. 8. The highest group of judges who interpret Constitutional questions
  7. 9. To change something; it is very difficult to do this to the Constitution
  8. 12. The lower house of the US, based on proportional population
  9. 13. The power to declare __________ lies with Congress, not the President
  10. 15. The branch responsible for making laws
  11. 16. A system of government where representatives are chosen for public office
  12. 17. The branch responsible for interpreting laws
  13. 20. Considered "The Father of the Constitution"
  14. 21. A large scale farm where cash crops are grown, usually worked by slave labor
  15. 23. This settled the disagreement between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan
  16. 24. System of payment
  17. 25. It means "I forbid"
  18. 28. Money citizens are compelled to pay for government expenses like armies, roads, and canals
  19. 29. A system of government where the people exercise power through elections
  20. 31. The upper house of the US, based on equal representation