Branches of Government

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Across
  1. 4. Evaluates laws in court
  2. 5. The process within the states of redrawing legislative district boundaries to reflect population changes
  3. 8. To sign or officially approve an agreement, treaty, contract, amendment, or similar document.
  4. 10. Makes laws in congress
  5. 13. The quality of having two branches, chambers, or houses
  6. 15. A person who acts for or represents another or others
  7. 17. Two elected per state and each term is six years
  8. 19. A formal suggestion or proposal that an action be taken related to the process of making a law.
  9. 20. There are 435 elected and are divided among 50 states by their population
  10. 22. A person appointed, chosen, or elected to act on another’s behalf.
Down
  1. 1. An official count of the number of persons living in a geographic area
  2. 2. Advisors to the president
  3. 3. The document which establishes the basic principles of the American Government.
  4. 6. A way or practice of controlling the boundaries of district lines to favor the electoral advantage of a political party
  5. 7. A group of members of congress
  6. 9. A federal principle or system union of states in which power is divided between a central authority and the member state authorities.
  7. 11. A formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct.
  8. 12. An introduction to a document.
  9. 14. The seat of legislative power. Has the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  10. 16. Carries out laws
  11. 18. individuals who already hold office and generally win congressional elections
  12. 21. The highest elected official, Commander in Chief of the US armed forces