Across
- 3. to approve
- 7. the power of the court to judge whether or not actions of other balances are constitutional
- 8. introduction to the US Constitution stating the goals of the Constitution
- 10. powers not specified in the Constitution that are entrusted to Congress
- 11. delegates of the Constitutional Convention who shaped the Constitution
- 12. a principle based on Montesquieu's ideas by which powers are divided among different branches of government to make sure no one branch gets too much power
- 13. government in which people rule through elected representatives
- 14. lawmaking branch of government (Congress- Senate, House of Representatives)
- 15. the political theory that government is subject to the will of the people and where people have the power
- 17. essays published in the newspaper to discourage the ratification of the Constitution
- 21. system in which each branch of government checks or limits other branches so no one branch gets too much power
- 22. the government in which the government's power comes from the people
- 25. government with limited powers strictly defined by law and where no person or group is above the law
- 27. powers shared by state and federal governments
- 29. branch of government that executes or carries out the law (President and Cabinet)
- 31. england's lawmaking legislative body
- 34. basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, created by John Locke
- 35. branch of Congress based on each state's equality
- 36. an official change or addition to the Constitution
- 37. the process in which a person born in another country can become a legal citizen
Down
- 1. movement that promoted the idea that knowledge, reason and science would improve society
- 2. goes against
- 4. essays published in the newspaper to support the Constitution
- 5. process that elects the president and vice president
- 6. sharing of powers between the national and state governments
- 9. branch of Congress based on each state's population
- 16. branch of government that includes the courts that settle disputes and questions of the law (Supreme Court and federal courts)
- 18. principle that states that all people, regardless of race, religion, or political beliefs, must receive the same treatment
- 19. people against ratifying the Constitution, they feared the power of the national government and wanted a Bill of Rights included to protect the people's rights
- 20. powers that belonged only to the federal government
- 23. first 10 Amendments to the Constitution, starting fundamental rights of citizens
- 24. supporters of the Constitution and of a stronger national government (they feared disorder without it)
- 26. court that is in charge of national and state government disputes and decides if new laws or amendments are constitutional
- 28. powers that belong only to the state governments
- 30. legislative, executive and judicial
- 32. final and supreme authority of the US, "supreme law of the land"
- 33. placed limits on England's monarch in 1215