Constitution Day

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Being able to act without being controlled (7)
  2. 4. Human beings (6)
  3. 5. The largest city in Pennsylvania (12)
  4. 7. The state of being allied or ___ (13)
  5. 8. A member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized ___ (10)
  6. 10. Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government (12)
  7. 11. Strength or the ability to control things (5)
  8. 12. The legislature of the United States government (8)

Down

  1. 2. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (8)
  2. 3. A statement of fundamental ___ and privileges (12)
  3. 6. Study of what happened in the past (7)
  4. 9. Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication (plural) (8)
  5. 10. A large formal assembly (10)