William Rice's 4.5 through 4.7 vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. A noncitizen living in a country
  2. 9. rejecting a bill that Congress has passed.
  3. 10. To give evidence against themselves
  4. 12. Government has only the powers the Constitution gives it.
  5. 13. becoming a citizen by completing the official process.
  6. 14. A person who enters another country in order to settle there.
  7. 18. A new law proposal
  8. 20. Well-being of all citizens
  9. 22. A complex system for electing the president.
  10. 23. Government on the county, parish, city town, or district level.
  11. 24. Division of power between the federal government and the states.
  12. 25. Bringing charges of serious wrongdoing against a president.
  13. 26. Willingness to work for the good of the nation or community even at great sacrifice.
  14. 28. Gave women the right to vote
  15. 31. Safeguards against abuse of power
  16. 32. Freedom
  17. 34. nonmilitary personnel
  18. 35. The responsibility of citizens to serve on a jury.
  19. 36. The number of members from each state depends on the state population.
  20. 38. Includes the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments,
  21. 39. Peace and order at home
Down
  1. 1. The power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional.
  2. 2. Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
  3. 3. where citizens can directly change the constitution bygathering signatures on a petition.
  4. 4. Highest Court in the U.S.
  5. 6. Not allowed under the constitution.
  6. 7. A feeling of love and devotion for one's country.
  7. 8. a person who owes loyalty to a particular nation and is entitled to all its rights and protections
  8. 11. Each state has the same number of representatives regardless of state populations.
  9. 15. When someone disagrees with a decision of a judge or court, they can do this to have a higher court to review the decision.
  10. 16. Protects individual freedoms such as the freedom of religion, speech and the press.
  11. 17. States that people have the right to alter or abolish the government.
  12. 19. The system of transit lines, roads, bridges, and tunnels.
  13. 21. Right of the people to keep and bear arms
  14. 27. The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
  15. 29. Overruling a veto. Takes 2/3 vote in both houses.
  16. 30. Sections of the Constitution are called articles
  17. 33. Related to lawsuits involving the private rights of individuals.
  18. 37. An opening statement