U.s.constitution

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Strength or the ability to control things (5)
  2. 5. Being able to act without being controlled (7)
  3. 6. The legislature of the United States government (8)
  4. 8. The upper house of the United States Congress (6)
  5. 10. A statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (9)
  6. 12. The largest city in Pennsylvania (12)
  7. 13. Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence (7)
  8. 15. Building where people live (5)

Down

  1. 1. A preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (8)
  2. 3. Nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication (plural) (8)
  3. 4. 4th President of the United States (7)
  4. 7. People who make and enforce a country's laws (10)
  5. 9. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca (10)
  6. 11. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (8)
  7. 13. A rule made by the government (plural) (4)
  8. 14. An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature (plural) (6)