U.S. Government

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