Across
- 5. a part of the legislative branch with a hundred people (two in each state)
- 8. What you would call a group of people and laws that are in charge of a society
- 11. the branch that makes laws
- 12. the first government of the US, which failed
- 13. a person in the executive branch who can veto laws
- 15. allowing the states and federal government to share power
- 17. the branch that executes laws
- 18. The first paragraph of the consitution
- 19. it creates three branches of government with equal power
- 21. a break up letter to Britian from the colonists.
Down
- 1. a part of the legislative branch that depends on the population of a state,with four-hundred-thirty-five people
- 2. a group in the judicial branch made of nine people with life terms
- 3. this allows each branch to keep eachother in check
- 4. when someone does something the opposite of what they have done due to bad experiences (over dramatism)
- 6. the name given to the House of Representatives and Senate together
- 7. A synonym for equality or fairness used in the preamble
- 9. a document made to set laws and goals for US
- 10. The author of the Declaration of Indepenance
- 14. Something the legistlative branch can do to get rid of a president or supreme court justice
- 16. the branch that interprets laws
- 20. A synonym for freedom used in the preamble
