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Across 2. any of the means of communication, as television or newspapers, that reach very large numbers of people 6. the great charter of English liberties forced from King John on June 15, 1215 7. first constitution of the United States, passed by Congress in 1787, but not ratified until 1781 9. absence of emotion or enthusiasm 10. includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments 12. the regular administration of the law, according to which no citizen may be denied his or her legal rights and all laws must conform to fundamental, accepted legal principles, as the right of the accused to confront his or her accusers 14. A statement attached to the beginning of the Constitution declaring the purpose of the document 15. first ten amendments of the United States Constitution 17. A criminal offense that is less serious than a felony and generally punishable by a fine, a jail term of up to a year, or both. 18. Series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party 19. information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. 20. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible 21. It formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution 23. English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience. And the Declaration of Independence is based on some of his principles. 24. the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.

Down 1. Colonists rebelled against taxation without representation by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor 3. the document and public act by which the Second Continental Congress, on July 4, 1776, declared the Colonies to be free and independent of England 4. the determination of the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to the proportion of the population of each state to the total population of the U.S. 5. view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement between them to form society 8. A committee formed by business, labor, or other special-interest groups to raise money and make contributions to the campaigns of political candidates whom they support. 11. declares the constitution, laws, and treaties of the federal government to be the supreme law of the land to which judges in every state are bound regardless of state law to the contrary 13. system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units 16. tax imposed by the British Parliament on the colonies in 1765 22. An offense of graver character than a misdemeanor (murder, rape, burglary, etc.)