Across
- 3. /clue the us government is divided into three parts or branches the legislative branch the executive branch and the judicial branch each branch has different responsibilities but all three branches must work together
- 5. /clue to excuse in government a high authority like a president or governor has officially forgiven someone for a crime of which they were conviction
- 7. /clue a written agreement between two or more countries
- 9. /clue a system of government which the citizens choose their leaders
- 10. /clue getting involved in your community/country so that you can help determine the country future
- 13. /clue to explain / understand the meaning of the information words or leaders or the actions
- 14. /clue power is held by the people and who they elect choose to represent them in government has an elected president rather than a monarch king or queen
Down
- 1. /clue a system in the us government that gives each branch of government the power to limit the power of the other branches
- 2. /clue to impose or collect by legal authority
- 4. /clue a law or regulation created by a local government usually passed to restrict or prohibit some type of activity
- 6. /clue ___________ is the act of freeing someone from slavery or servitude it can also refer to the state of being freed from slavery
- 8. /clue to sign or give formal consent to a treaty contract or agreement making it officially valid
- 11. /clue to choose someone to have a particular job
- 12. /clue when someone in power says no to someone and stops it from happening even if others have agreed to it
- 14. /clue to control something especially by making it work in a particular way