Across
- 2. name given to our legislative branch
- 3. head of the executive branch
- 4. only Congress has the power to declare this
- 6. there are 100 of these in Congress
- 12. number of branches in US government
- 13. to reject a decision; only the President can do this
- 14. name of the highest court in the US
- 15. framework of government for the US
- 16. to choose by voting
Down
- 1. branch that makes laws
- 2. finish the name of the first plan of government, "Articles of -------"
- 4. Last name of the first President of the US
- 5. group of advisors to the President
- 6. made illegal by the case Brown v. Board of Education
- 7. which states wanted slavery to remain legal in the Constitution?
- 8. branch that enforces laws
- 9. the system of ___________ and balances ensures no one person or branch has full power
- 10. there are 435 member in the __________ of Representatives
- 11. review main job of the judicial branch