Across
- 4. a system of trains, roads, bridges, etc… that connects areas within a country
- 7. related to lawsuits involving rights of private citizens
- 8. a proposed law
- 12. a person who enters a country for the purposes of living there
- 16. a person who owes loyalty to a particular government and it entitled to its rights and privileges
- 17. the number of articles in the U.S. Constitution
- 18. a person who is living in a country where he or she is not a citizen
- 19. rule by consent of the governed; rule by the people
- 21. aka municipal governments (smaller than federal and state governments
Down
- 1. to grant citizenship to a person not born in that country
- 2. to bring charges against an elected official
- 3. the responsibility of a person to serve on a jury when called to do so
- 5. the number of amendments in the U.S. Constitution
- 6. a list of freedoms that the government promises to protect
- 9. the first ten amendments of the Constitution
- 10. the power of citizens to call for votes to change state constitutions
- 11. the age at which all American men must register for the draft
- 13. the willingness to sacrifice and work for the good of a nation or community
- 14. to overrule or reverse something
- 15. a feeling of love and devotion to one’s country
- 20. to reject, as in when a president refuses to sign a law passed by Congress