Across
- 1. the US's first failed attempt at government
- 4. Who really decides who the President is 2 wds
- 6. Building blocks for all American government
- 7. Autocracy where power is taken rather than inherited
- 9. "Two houses", like our Congress
- 12. Being the highest power in a territory
- 14. When government spending is more than it's revenue, 2 wds
- 18. Branch that enforces laws
- 19. the highest court in all of the US
- 21. the house of congress where every state gets two votes
- 23. When the Supreme Court decides what is constitutional
- 24. powers clearly stated in the Constitution
- 25. Amendment that gave African-Americans citizenship
Down
- 2. How we deal with other countries, 2 wds
- 3. Branch that makes the laws
- 5. last step of an immigrant becoming a citizen, 3 wds
- 8. What the President gives to Congress every year, 3 wds
- 10. Addition to the constitution guaranteeing certain rights for citizens, 3 wds
- 11. lower courts
- 13. Amendment allowing women to vote
- 15. the larger of our two houses of congress 3 wds
- 16. The US system that divides power between national and state governments
- 17. When citizens give permission for the government to rule over them, 4 wds
- 20. Minimum voting age
- 22. A law before it's a law