Unit 3 the new nation

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Across
  1. 2. a person who creates or shapes a system
  2. 5. to charge and try federal official for wrongdoing
  3. 9. a group of people who are selected to make laws and decisions ;in America it is the house of representatives and the Senate
  4. 10. branch the art of the government with the power to enforce laws
  5. 14. to reject or stop;the rejection of something
  6. 15. a group of people who give advice to the leader of the government
  7. 17. the body of the people appointed by state legislatures whose members are chosen by the votes to elect president and vice president
  8. 18. system in which the power of government is divided between legislative,executive,and judicial branches
  9. 19. the part of the government with the power to interpret laws
  10. 20. an earlier event/action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
  11. 21. political power lies with the public through their representatives
  12. 22. a system in which power is divided and shared between national and state governments
  13. 23. the process of voting to approve something
  14. 24. any person who is not a legal citizen of the country they are living in
Down
  1. 1. when the number of representatives from each state is the same
  2. 3. powers that the people give to the national government through the constitution
  3. 4. someone who is supported the ratification of the U.S. constitution
  4. 6. not following the constitution
  5. 7. the part of the government with the power to make laws
  6. 8. having two chambers
  7. 11. a system in which each branch of government has certain powers to check the action of the other branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
  8. 12. when the number of representatives from each state is based on the state's population
  9. 13. someone who opposed that ratification of the U.S. constitution
  10. 16. powers that the people reserve to state governments through the constitution