U.S. Government

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Across
  1. 1. designed to stop one branch of government from gaining too much power
  2. 4. a severe economic downturn in America when the stock market crashed
  3. 9. the rights of equality under the law
  4. 10. the law of the land
  5. 13. the ability of the government to exercise power without resorting to violence
  6. 16. a bill passed by the legislature that declares a person guilty of a crime
  7. 17. an action by the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling by a lower court
  8. 19. America's first national constitution
Down
  1. 2. legislature a legislature with two houses
  2. 3. Supreme Court case that ended segregation
  3. 5. when Congress specifies the amount of money to be spent by an agency
  4. 6. rule by the people
  5. 7. an absolute government where one person holds the power
  6. 8. a proposed law or policy
  7. 11. war between the North and the South
  8. 12. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
  9. 14. document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776; freed colonies from Great Britain
  10. 15. group of department heads that advises the president
  11. 18. a change to the Constitution