Madison Goshey- Chapter 3

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Across
  1. 2. a group of advisors consisting of the heads of the executive departments
  2. 3. agreements or compacts with foreign leaders or foreign governments
  3. 6. the people establish government and are the source of its power
  4. 7. the system that gives each branch of government the power to change or cancel acts of another branch
  5. 9. the inability to govern effectively due to separation of powers
  6. 10. the powers and functions of the government are restricted by the U.S. Constitution and other laws
  7. 12. an organized group that seeks to win elections in order to influence the activities of government
  8. 13. to cancel or revoke a law by a legislative act
  9. 15. a majority that is larger than a simple majority (three-fifths, two-thirds, three-fourths)
  10. 16. the president's power to reject legislation
  11. 17. every member of society must obey the law
Down
  1. 1. the powers of government are distributed between the national government and and state governments
  2. 4. any law or government action that is found to violate a part of the Constitution
  3. 5. the duties of governing are divided among three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
  4. 8. the body of 538 people elected from the 50 states and the District of Columbia
  5. 11. the Constitution is "the supreme law of the land"
  6. 14. the power to determine whether the actions of the legislative and executive branches of government are constitutional