Branches of Government

4. Evaluates laws in court
5. The process within the states of redrawing legislative district boundaries to reflect population changes
8. To sign or officially approve an agreement, treaty, contract, amendment, or similar document.
10. Makes laws in congress
13. The quality of having two branches, chambers, or houses
15. A person who acts for or represents another or others
17. Two elected per state and each term is six years
19. A formal suggestion or proposal that an action be taken related to the process of making a law.
20. There are 435 elected and are divided among 50 states by their population
22. A person appointed, chosen, or elected to act on another’s behalf.

1. An official count of the number of persons living in a geographic area
2. Advisors to the president
3. The document which establishes the basic principles of the American Government.
6. A way or practice of controlling the boundaries of district lines to favor the electoral advantage of a political party
7. A group of members of congress
9. A federal principle or system union of states in which power is divided between a central authority and the member state authorities.
11. A formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct.
12. An introduction to a document.
14. The seat of legislative power. Has the House of Representatives and the Senate.
16. Carries out laws
18. individuals who already hold office and generally win congressional elections
21. The highest elected official, Commander in Chief of the US armed forces