Across
- 3. The process by which people move from rural to urban areas.
- 5. Possessing supreme political authority within a geographic area.
- 7. A militant farmers’ movement of the late nineteenth century that fought for improved conditions for farmers.
- 10. The legal structure of a government, which establishes its power and authority as well as the limits on that power.
- 11. A system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments.
- 12. A proposed law that has been sponsored by a member of the legislature and submitted to the clerk of the House or Senate.
- 13. Occurring every two years.
- 14. Possessing supreme political authority within a geographic area.
Down
- 1. Powers to act in a particular area are exclusively granted by the Constitution to the national government and cannot be interfered with by the states.
- 2. The Confederate States of America, those southern states that seceded from the United States in late 1860 and 1861 and argued that the power of the states was more important than the power of the central government.
- 4. Under the Texas Constitution, the formal charge by the House of Representatives that leads to trial in the Senate and possible removal of a state official.
- 6. Comprising one body or house, as in a one-house legislature.
- 8. A person who is represented by an elected official.
- 9. Having a legislative assembly composed of two chambers or houses.
- 15. According to James Madison, the concentration of power in any one branch of government.