Citizenship Test - Wardrope, 2nd

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Across
  1. 3. The vote of the Electoral College. It determines who will be president (2 Words)
  2. 5. This country's actions towards other counties (2 Words)
  3. 8. Under this plan, each state would have gotten more or fewer representatives to vote in Congress depending on if they had larger or smaller populations (2 Words)
  4. 10. A limit on government power that allows each branch to “check” or limit the other branches (3 Words)
  5. 11. One factor that members of Congress consider when deciding whether or not to support a bill or not(2 Words)
  6. 14. Agreements between countries
  7. 15. A type of government in which everyone participates
  8. 16. A role that political parties play in the American political system where political parties helps people understand what the important political issues are, but watch out, all of their information is biased (2 Words)
  9. 18. When one branch makes laws, THIS branch can cancel them by ruling that the constitution does not allow such laws (ruling the law unconstitutional) (2 Words)
  10. 19. The introduction to the Constitution which explains the purpose of the US Government
  11. 21. One value that the Democratic Party cares most about which means that everyone is treated fairly and has an equal
  12. 23. Powers that are not listed in the Constitution, but every government in the world needs them in order to function, like the power to deal with other nations or regulate immigration
  13. 24. Explains what each branch does, how the Constitution can be amended, and how it can be ratified (approved)
  14. 25. Occurs when the government has spend more money than it has raised in revenue (2 Words)
Down
  1. 1. Our Nation’s first form of government as an independent nation (4 Words)
  2. 2. A principle of Democracy where no person is above the law - not even government officials (3 Words)
  3. 4. A tax taken to provide retired people with income (3 Words)
  4. 6. The House of Congress that approves presidential appointments to various government positions like Supreme Court Justice (2 Words)
  5. 7. Promotes policies based on a set of core political or religious beliefs (2 Words)
  6. 9. Rule of Law that citizens respect the law a fair and have input in the lawmaking process
  7. 12. Each government department has a leader appointed by the president
  8. 13. All of the budget deficits added up (2 Words)
  9. 17. A type of autocracy in which the ruler gains power by force and has absolute power over the lives of the citizens
  10. 20. One value that the Republican Party cares most about which means that people have freedom to do things that they want to do
  11. 22. When citizens vote to approve or reject a bill that their state legislature is proposing or has already passed into law