1st 9 weeks project, civics

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Across
  1. 4. When a group of people agrees to give up certain rights and accept a central authority to protect their other rights.
  2. 7. formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
  3. 8. The action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act.
  4. 12. The federal principle or system of government.
  5. 13. a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
  6. 14. a ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.
  7. 15. The action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
Down
  1. 1. Rights that can't be taken away
  2. 2. the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.
  3. 3. something a person has that people think should not be taken away
  4. 5. Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.
  5. 6. a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
  6. 9. The action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act.
  7. 10. A punitive ban that forbids relations with certain groups, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.
  8. 11. change or addition to a law