US Constitution Activity

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Across
  1. 6. A formal plan of government.
  2. 7. An agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
  3. 8. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
  4. 9. The highest ranking senator who leads the senate when the Vice President is absent.
  5. 10. To give official approval to.
  6. 13. The leader of the House of Representatives.
  7. 17. A system of government where powers are split between National and State government.
  8. 18. An addition to a formal document such as the Constitution.
  9. 19. To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.
  10. 20. One of the three branches of government that reviews and interprets laws
  11. 21. The head judge in the Supreme Court.
  12. 22. Powers Powers retained by the States
  13. 25. The highest court under the Judicial Branch.
  14. 26. The system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches, so that no one branch becomes too powerful.
  15. 27. A special group of voters selected by their state’s voters to vote for the president and vice president
  16. 28. One of the two houses in the US Congress. The lower of the two.
Down
  1. 1. A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
  2. 2. One of the three branches of US government that Creates laws
  3. 3. Not agreeing or consent with the Constitution
  4. 4. The lead Representative for the party with majority of seats in the HOuse of Representatives.
  5. 5. The head of the Executive Branch, and leader of the United States.
  6. 6. A group of advisors to the president
  7. 7. Powers shared by the State and National Government.
  8. 11. The introduction to a formal document.
  9. 12. To overturn or defeat, as a bill proposed in congress.
  10. 14. One of the three branches of US government that enforces laws
  11. 15. One of the two houses in the US Congress. The Upper of the two.
  12. 16. The first constitution of the US after the Revolutionary War.
  13. 23. Charging a public official with misconduct in office.
  14. 24. A type of legislature made up of 2 houses.