Government Unit 3+4 Vocab Crossword
Across
- 2. The right to vote in political elections
- 6. A process where regular people can put a new law on a voting ballot by getting enough signatures
- 7. Protects people and their property from unfair police searches
- 8. Stops the government from forcing people to let soldiers stay in their homes
- 9. Explains that people have extra rights even if they are not specifically written in the Constitution
- 11. Guarantees a fast, public trial with a fair jury and a lawyer for anyone accused of a crime
- 13. Gives people the right to a jury trial in civil court cases involving money or property
- 14. Says that any powers not given to the national government belong to the states or the people
Down
- 1. A group of everyday citizens who listen to a trial and decide what is true or fair
- 3. Protects people from paying huge fines or facing cruel and unusual punishments
- 4. The first ten changes to the U.S. Constitution that protect basic citizen freedoms
- 5. Gives people accused of crimes fair treatment and the right to remain silent
- 10. Protects freedoms like speech, religion, the press,petiton, and gathering peacefully
- 12. Protects the right of people to keep and own weapons, or arms