Across
- 4. supporters of the Constitution and a stronger national government
- 5. an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president
- 8. an official change or addition to the Constitution
- 9. having two branches or chambers
- 10. interprets laws (supreme court)
- 12. political theory that government is subject to the will of the people (people have the power)
- 15. powers that belong to only the state government
- 16. the highest judicial court in a country
- 17. intro to the US Constitution
- 18. system in which each branch of government has a check on other branches so no one branch has gets too much power
- 20. the elected head of the executive branch
- 21. national legislative body of a county
- 22. representative democracy (people elect representatives)
- 24. a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district
- 25. a formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action
- 26. England's lawmaking (legislative) body
- 29. movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science would improve society
- 30. rights basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled (life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness)
- 31. powers not specifically defined in the Constitution, shall be entrusted to Congress
Down
- 1. legislative, executive, and judicial
- 2. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference
- 3. makes laws (congress: senate and house of representatives)
- 6. enforces laws (president and cabinet)
- 7. of rights first ten amendments to the Constitution, stating fundamental rights of citizens
- 11. final and supreme authority of US; Supreme Law of the Land
- 13. against ratifying the Constitution, feared power of national government
- 14. powers that belong only to the federal government
- 19. powers shared by state and federal government
- 23. the sharing of powers between the national and state government
- 27. a body of advisers to the president, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government
- 28. delegates of Constitution Convention who built the US Constitution
