AP Government Terms

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Across
  1. 4. Government gridlock from too many competing interests
  2. 5. Presidential power to override Congressional passing of laws
  3. 6. How the different branches of government prevent each other from becoming too powerful
  4. 10. Organization of people across government, media, and ordinary citizens with shared policy goals
  5. 11. Power is divided between state and federal government, but the federal government holds hard supremacy over the states overall
  6. 12. Political theory stating that individuals consent to be governed in exchange for protections from said government
  7. 13. Relationship between interest groups, bureaucratic agencies, and congressional committees
  8. 16. Constitutional guarantee of due process
  9. 17. The number of seats in each state is proportional to its population
  10. 20. Requires a majority vote from the House of Representatives and a 2/3rds vote from the Senate
  11. 21. Structure that connects citizens to government
Down
  1. 1. Managing government through departments run by appointed officials
  2. 2. Preventing a newspaper from publishing before the piece is written
  3. 3. Formal request for the Supreme Court to hear a case
  4. 7. Protections from the government under the law
  5. 8. Transferring power from the federal government to the states
  6. 9. The process in which people develop their political beliefs
  7. 14. Litigating according to precedent
  8. 15. Powers specifically stated in the constitution
  9. 18. Group that demanded a Bill of Rights
  10. 19. How parts of the Bill of Rights are applied to the states through the 14th amendment