US Constitution

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Across
  1. 3. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
  2. 9. Power is held by the people and exercised by electing people to represent them in government
  3. 10. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
  4. 11. The branch of government that enforces the laws - President
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  1. 1. Branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly - Supreme Court
  2. 2. Rule by the people; Vote
  3. 4. Two house legislature: Senate & House of Representatives
  4. 5. The branch of government that makes the laws - Congress
  5. 6. 1787; replaced the Articles of Confederation; is the current country's constitution; law of the land
  6. 7. The power of the executive branch to reject a bill from the legislative branch
  7. 8. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments