Across
- 3. Means to approve.
- 4. Says that a person's rights do not need to be listed in the Constitution.
- 7. Powers the states kept for themselves.
- 9. If a measure gets enough signatures it can go onto a ballot as a this.
- 12. A specific type of limited government.
- 14. Put on trial and removed from office for "high crimes and misdemeanors."
- 15. The Idea that the government gets its powers from the people, and that ultimate political power remains with the people.
- 16. Name for those who are in office.
- 17. Means to change.
- 19. Citizens can vote to remove an elected official before his/her term expires.
Down
- 1. In the spring the people get to choose what candidates will run for the parties in the fall elections.
- 2. President that resigned before he could be impeached and removed from office.
- 5. The idea that no one, not even the government or the rulers, is allowed to disobey the laws.
- 6. Says that any rights not specifically given to the national government remain with the states.
- 8. Generally agreed and were committed to the principle that governments were legitimate only if they rested on popular sovereignty.
- 10. The powers and functions of government are restricted.
- 11. Occurred when violent supporters and enemies of slavery flooded the Kansas territory in order to decide if Kansas would be a free or slave state.
- 13. Powers that the states gave to the U.S. Congress in the Constitution.
- 18. Citizens can have a measure placed on the ballot by having enough people sign a petition.