Chapter 7 Vocabulary US History

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Across
  1. 7. law
  2. 8. special group of electors chosen to vote for president and vice president
  3. 12. a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
  4. 13. sharing power between the federal and state governments
  5. 14. a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
  6. 15. branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law; headed by the president
Down
  1. 1. to fall in value
  2. 2. a system by which each branch of government limits power of other branches
  3. 3. lawmaking branch of government
  4. 4. having two separate lawmaking chambers
  5. 5. having the proper size in relation to other objects or items
  6. 6. the branch of government that includes the courts that settle disputes and questions of the law
  7. 9. a settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands
  8. 10. a change, correction, or improvement added to a document
  9. 11. the freeing of individual enslaved persons