Across
- 8. leads the legislative branch
- 9. leads the executive branch
- 11. branch of the government that makes the laws
- 13. branch of the government that reviews laws to see if they are fair
- 14. what a president does to a bill they like
- 16. level of government that covers whole nation
- 17. a rule made by the government
Down
- 1. rulebook for American government
- 2. leads the judicial branch
- 3. _____ and balances: system of limiting the power of different branches of government
- 4. britain country that used to control the American colonies
- 5. ______ of powers: no one part of the government gets to do everything
- 6. rough draft of a law
- 7. what a president does to a bill they don't like (reject)
- 10. founders of our country didn't want to create a _____
- 12. branch of the federal government that enforces/carries out the law
- 15. process of trying to get elected
