Across
- 2. the form of government in which people elect officials to govern for them
- 5. the branch in which the president sits
- 8. the combined legislative body of the senate and House of Representatives
- 10. the branch of the government made up of courts
- 13. the head of the Executive branch, commander in chief of the military
- 14. the second to the president, presides over the senate
- 15. the fundamental framework of America’s system of government
- 17. a person chosen to speak for a group in Congress
- 18. A change or addition to the constitution
- 19. the first 10 amendments to the constitution
- 20. the president credited with freeing the slaves
- 21. election month
Down
- 1. Highest Court in the United States
- 3. the form of government in which everyone votes on issues
- 4. the main writer of the constitution
- 6. the first President of the United States
- 7. the loose group of states that preceded the United States we know today
- 9. a small piece of our great union
- 11. the branch of government made up of the Senate and the House
- 12. the only colony that didn’t sign the constitution originally
- 16. one of two people chosen by the state to represent them in the senate