Creation of American Government

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. To approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation (6)
  2. 8. The United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (7)
  3. 10. A middle way between two extremes (10)
  4. 12. A member of the United States House of ___ (14)
  5. 13. A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War (7)
  6. 15. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns (6)
  7. 16. An analytic or interpretive literary composition (5)

Down

  1. 1. Persons who administer the law (9)
  2. 2. A basic truth or law or assumption (9)
  3. 3. Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice (8)
  4. 4. A person appointed or elected to represent others (8)
  5. 6. The power or right to give orders or make decisions (9)
  6. 7. The idea of a ___ organization of more or less self-governing units (10)
  7. 9. Commodities bought from a foreign country (plural) (7)
  8. 11. The act of rewriting something (6)
  9. 14. Commodities sold to a foreign country (plural) (7)