Civics Unit 9 Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. the power to direct the actions of people or to make decisions
  2. 6. in complete agreement
  3. 7. to lessen or diminish
  4. 8. absolute, fixed, unconditional
  5. 11. the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  6. 12. the process of formally approving something; ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  7. 14. the first constitution of the United States
Down
  1. 1. a legislative body with one chamber
  2. 2. a system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government; a confederation is also known as a confederal system
  3. 3. the introduction to a constitution; it states that the people establish the government, and it lists the purposes of the government
  4. 5. a change to a constitution
  5. 9. a group of people in the early United States who favored the establishment of a strong national government and who worked for ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  6. 10. a numbered chapter or section of a contract, treaty, or constitution
  7. 13. a meeting to select a candidate or promote a policy