Across
- 2. The group that elects the president of the United States
- 5. The number of amendments in the bill of rights
- 9. The system that ensures no one branch of government becomes too powerful
- 10. The president's power to reject a bill
- 12. The supreme law of the land
- 14. The branch of government responsible for making laws
- 15. The total number of amendments in the constitution
- 16. The number of Supreme Court justices
Down
- 1. The concept that the government's power is derived from the people
- 3. The document that precedes the Constitution and governed the US before its adoption .
- 4. The opening words of the US constitution
- 6. The clause that prevent the government from establishing an official religion
- 7. The court with the authority to review the constitutionality of laws
- 8. The first president of the United States
- 11. the number of branches in the U.S Government
- 13. A system in which powers divided between the federal and state governments
