Constitution Day

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Building where people live (5)
  2. 4. Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice (8)
  3. 6. A vote that blocks a decision (4)
  4. 10. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government (plural) (5)
  5. 12. Elected leader of a country (9)
  6. 13. A division of some larger or more complex organization (plural) (8)
  7. 14. Persons who administer the law (9)
  8. 15. A statement of fundamental ___ and privileges (12)
  9. 16. Government in which people vote for their leaders (9)

Down

  1. 1. A choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative (6)
  2. 3. 4th President of the United States (7)
  3. 5. A member of the ___ Party (8)
  4. 7. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca (10)
  5. 8. A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War (7)
  6. 9. The upper house of the United States Congress (6)
  7. 11. A member of the ___ Party (10)