Across
- 2. a person who creates or shapes a system
- 5. to charge and try federal official for wrongdoing
- 9. a group of people who are selected to make laws and decisions ;in America it is the house of representatives and the Senate
- 10. branch the art of the government with the power to enforce laws
- 14. to reject or stop;the rejection of something
- 15. a group of people who give advice to the leader of the government
- 17. the body of the people appointed by state legislatures whose members are chosen by the votes to elect president and vice president
- 18. system in which the power of government is divided between legislative,executive,and judicial branches
- 19. the part of the government with the power to interpret laws
- 20. an earlier event/action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
- 21. political power lies with the public through their representatives
- 22. a system in which power is divided and shared between national and state governments
- 23. the process of voting to approve something
- 24. any person who is not a legal citizen of the country they are living in
Down
- 1. when the number of representatives from each state is the same
- 3. powers that the people give to the national government through the constitution
- 4. someone who is supported the ratification of the U.S. constitution
- 6. not following the constitution
- 7. the part of the government with the power to make laws
- 8. having two chambers
- 11. a system in which each branch of government has certain powers to check the action of the other branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
- 12. when the number of representatives from each state is based on the state's population
- 13. someone who opposed that ratification of the U.S. constitution
- 16. powers that the people reserve to state governments through the constitution