Chapter 7 A More Perfect Union

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Across
  1. 2. the branch of government headed by the president that carries out the nation’s laws and policies
  2. 3. the branch of government that makes the nation’s laws
  3. 7. a formal plan of government
  4. 8. to fall in value
  5. 10. to be the same as or corresponding to
  6. 12. the sharing of power between federal and state governments
  7. 13. a period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment
  8. 14. consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in the a legislature
  9. 15. an addition to a formal document such as the Constitution
  10. 16. the freeing of some enslaved persons
  11. 18. supporters of the Constitution
  12. 19. a formal request
  13. 20. a part of a document, such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject
Down
  1. 1. and Balances the system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
  2. 2. a special group of voters selected by their state’s voters to vote for the president and vice president
  3. 4. movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society
  4. 5. individuals who opposed ratification of the Constitution
  5. 6. Branch the branch of government, including the federal court system that interprets the nation’s laws
  6. 9. agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants
  7. 11. a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
  8. 17. a law or regulation
  9. 21. to give official approval to