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CIVICS:
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ACROSS
1.
3.
6.
Who must approve nominated Supreme Court
justices?
9.
A person may not be tried -?- for the same crime and does not have to
testify against themselves. This is a right guaranteed by
the Bill of Rights.
12. Congress is called the -?- Branch of our
government.
14. The 1787 -?- Plan was much like the
Articles of Confederation. It called for
no executive or judicial branches and a one house legislature with equal state
representation. (2 words)
15. The Declaration of
16. The -?- is part of the Executive Branch
of our government. (2 words)
21. A violation of allegiance towards one's
country, especially when this violation endangers the country or assists its
enemies.
22. A check the President has on the powers
of the Legislative Branch to reject
or refuse to sign a bill from
Congress.
25. How many Senators are there in
Congress? (2
words)
28.
29. As long as one is living in the United
States, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights guarantees the rights of
-?-.
31.
32. Chief legislative (law making) body of
the
33.
36. The Constitution set up a system of -?-
and balances in which the three branches of our government have the power to
check and/or limit each other to maintain a balance of
power.
38.
39. The President is part of the -?- Branch
of our government.
41.
42. The
DOWN
2.
A -?- democracy is a political process in which the people are able to
have direct control over the government in making decisions, for example,
colonial
3.
4.
In which month is the new President
inaugurated?
5.
The right to freedom of -?- is guaranteed by the Bill of
Rights.
7.
8.
10.
11. The right to bear -?- (lawful weapons,
including firearms - though subject to certain regulations) is guaranteed by the
Bill of Rights.
13. We celebrate the 4th of July because it
is -?- Day.
15. The government may not -?- or take a
person's property without a warrant. This is a right guaranteed by the Bill of
Rights.
17. A person must be at least -?- years old
by the time he/she will serve in order to be eligible to become President.
(hyphenated word)
18. Where does freedom of speech come from?
(3 words)
19. The first ten amendments to the
Constitution (Bill of Rights) were adopted in
179-?-.
20. The 1775 gunfire at
21. Description of a government that is
cruel or unjust; term used by the American colonists towards
23. A division of a county having the status
of a unit of local government with varying governmental
powers.
24. The right to freedom of the -?- is
guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
26. The "-?- Clause": Article 1, Section 8,
Clause 18 of the Constitution allows Congress to do what is "necessary and
proper…".
27. In which month do we vote for the
President of the
30. The
31. A -?- tax is the requirement that a
person must pay a certain amount of money in order to vote; was found to be
unconstitutional in 1964 by the 24th Amendment to the
Constitution.
34. A person must have lived in the
35.
36. The right to vote is one of the most
important rights granted to
37. The President's -?- is part of the
Executive Branch of our government.
40. The term of office for a State
Legislator is -?- years.
Last modified: January 2, 2013