Across
- 6. a legislature with two houses
- 9. the rights of equality under the law
- 12. a proposed law or policy
- 14. when Congress specifies the amount of money to be spent by an agency
- 15. an absolute government where one person holds the power
- 17. a severe economic downturn in America when the stock market crashed
- 18. America's first national constitution
Down
- 1. Supreme Court case that ended segregation
- 2. document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776; freed colonies from Great Britain
- 3. a change to the Constitution
- 4. war between the North and the South
- 5. the law of the land
- 7. rule by the people
- 8. the ability of the government to exercise power without resorting to violence
- 10. an action by the Supreme Court to uphold a ruling by a lower court
- 11. designed to stop one branch of government from gaining too much power
- 13. group of department heads that advises the president
- 16. the first 10 amendments to the Constitution