K Kennedy, 4th, Gov

4. A government that places few restrictions on its citizens’ choices and actions, and in which the government is limited in what it can do.
6. A system of government in which power is shared by national and state governments.
11. a person who believes that government should be active in supporting social and political change.
14. The increase of prices.
17. part of U.S. government responsible for carrying out laws
18. A political unit that has sovereign power over a particular piece of land.
19. The organization of power within a country.
21. administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state
23. When all parties to a transaction are treated fairly.
24. Rule by the wealthy few.
25. of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary.
26. making something valid by formally confirming it

1. A set of rules that govern how power will be distributed and used legitimately in a state.
2. branch that makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending policies.
3. an elected official serving as both chief of state and chief political executive in a republic
5. The first ten amendments to the Constitution, which safeguard some specific rights of the American people and the states.
7. A social insurance program that aims to keep retired people and the disabled out of poverty.
8. a way of governing which depends on the will of the people.
9. a state of lawlessness and disorder
10. The powers reserved to the states and the people in the Tenth Amendment.
12. The freedom to do what one chooses as long as one does not harm or limit the freedom of other people.
13. A change to the Constitution.
15. The power of the president to stop a bill passed by Congress from becoming law.
16. A proposed law or policy.
20. The process by which a foreign citizen becomes a citizen of a new country.
22. An order issued by the president that has the effect of law.