Chapter 5, Section 1 Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. The authority of the United States Senate to approve or reject a resolution of ratification of any treaty to which the United States is a proposed signatory, as well as to evaluate and confirm Presidential nominees to positions in the federal governmen
  2. 5. Makes and passes federal laws;one of the chambers to the legislative branch
  3. 7. The process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing
  4. 9. To refuse to accept or to decide against a previous decision or order: override a decision/veto It takes a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate
  5. 11. An agreement that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house
  6. 12. A group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern
  7. 13. A system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from having too much power
Down
  1. 1. A law of Congress that provides an agency with budget authority
  2. 2. The supremacy of the people through their elected representatives which creates a Congress consisting of a Senate and a House of Representative
  3. 3. The first line in the Constitution which affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens
  4. 4. Part of a whole
  5. 6. The upper house of the United States Congress, which is a small group of elected people who decide the laws of the country
  6. 8. Process of distributing the 435 memberships, or seats, in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states
  7. 9. An omission or error due to carelessness
  8. 10. A government that has a two-house legislative system