Across
- 2. the branch of government headed by the president that carries out the nation’s laws and policies
- 3. the branch of government that makes the nation’s laws
- 7. a formal plan of government
- 8. to fall in value
- 10. to be the same as or corresponding to
- 12. the sharing of power between federal and state governments
- 13. a period of low economic activity and widespread unemployment
- 14. consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in the a legislature
- 15. an addition to a formal document such as the Constitution
- 16. the freeing of some enslaved persons
- 18. supporters of the Constitution
- 19. a formal request
- 20. a part of a document, such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject
Down
- 1. and Balances the system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
- 2. a special group of voters selected by their state’s voters to vote for the president and vice president
- 4. movement during the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society
- 5. individuals who opposed ratification of the Constitution
- 6. Branch the branch of government, including the federal court system that interprets the nation’s laws
- 9. agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants
- 11. a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
- 17. a law or regulation
- 21. to give official approval to