Principles of Government

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Across
  1. 3. Rights that cannot be taken away and is found in the Bill of Rights.
  2. 7. Political power comes from the people.
  3. 9. Prevents the federal government and state/local governments from becoming too powerful.
  4. 10. A president or governor can check the legislature by rejecting a proposed law.
Down
  1. 1. Each branch of government exercises controls over the other branches.
  2. 2. A system of government when power is shared between the national and state government.
  3. 4. The first ten amendments in the Constitution.
  4. 5. Additions, changes, and corrections to a constitution.
  5. 6. Divides power among different government branches so that no branch becomes too powerful.
  6. 8. The belief that people exercise their power by voting for their political representatives.