Across
- 2. The Constitution divides the United States government into three parts.
- 4. the government cannot take away people's rights without a fair process (lawyer, court, police tell people their rights)
- 7. The president makes an agreement (treaty) with another country and the Senate must approve it.
- 8. How do people have popular sovereignty?
- 9. The president appoints judges and the Senate must approve them.
- 12. the supreme law of the United States, a document that sets up our government
- 13. Maryland did a referendum to make marijuana legal.
- 14. The people in a state directly vote to decide if marijuana should be legal.
- 15. the government cannot search your car without a warrant or reasonable suspicion that you did a crime
- 18. if a leader breaks a rule, they can be removed as leader
- 20. The __ government has the power to control schools.
- 21. The __ government has power to make post offices.
- 22. a leader is impeached because they broke the law
- 23. some authoritarian governments limit people's freedom of speech and limit freedom of the press
Down
- 1. Another way to say popular sovereignty
- 3. In a country where the vote is unfair, the people don't have control over their government
- 5. President Trump wants to build a wall on the border but Congress will not give him the money to do it.
- 6. the problem with the articles of confederation was the central government was __
- 7. Congress makes a law to make all immigration legal. The president vetoes the law (says no to the law).
- 10. this was added to the Constitution to protect people's rights from government
- 11. democracy The US votes for elected officials to represent us and make laws for us. This is __ democracy
- 16. This group wanted to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution
- 17. a government that makes fast decisions and has absolute power
- 19. government power is divided between the central and state governments