Across
- 2. the action or process of deflating or being deflated.
- 3. an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection.
- 9. to call or bring something into action or existence
- 10. the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
- 12. a severe worldwide economic crisis that began in 1929 and lasted through the 1930s, leading to a dramatic decline in industrial production, mass unemployment, and widespread poverty globally.
- 13. a person who makes laws; a member of a legislative body.
- 14. a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
- 15. one of the three branches of the U.S. federal government, headed by the President, responsible for enforcing and implementing the laws passed by Congress.
Down
- 1. the elected head of a republic.
- 4. an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
- 5. one of the three distinct, independent divisions of government—legislative, executive, and judicial—that share power and operate within a system of checks and balances to prevent any single part from becoming too powerful.
- 6. the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated.
- 7. a national legislative body, especially that of the US. The US Congress, which meets at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
- 8. an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice.
- 11. sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.