Across
- 4. The elected lead of many different roles including nation's chief diplomat, legislative leader, and others
- 7. What the government is split into so that it doesn't accumulate too much power
- 8. A type of committee that stays in permanently for certain issues
- 9. The ultimate authority in a republic
- 12. How members of Congress are chosen
- 14. A type of power that allows the ability to establish schools, set marriage and divorce laws, and regulate trade within state
- 15. The one who approves or rejects presidential appointments or federal officials
- 17. The House of (blank)
- 18. A type of power that allows the ability to raise taxes, borrow money, provide for public welfare, and administer criminal justice.
- 20. The ones who chose the governments powers
Down
- 1. What the people wanted the government to not control
- 2. We added more of these over time as more rights were wanted by the people
- 3. The act of bringing charges against an elected official for misconduct
- 5. A type of committee that, if receiving two different version of the same bill, will compromise on the two
- 6. The way to keep great power from corruption
- 10. Congress can do this at 2/3 successful vote against a President's veto
- 11. A type of power that allows the ability to make money, regulate interstate and foreign trade, create federal courts, and other things
- 13. The individual areas that could have separate laws yet still work with the others
- 16. Proposed laws from senators and representatives
- 19. The required process by the senate or house of which a bill is rejected, accepted, or returned for further adjustments
