American Government Chapter 5 Review - Mrs. Gardner

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Across
  1. 6. where the party nominates its candidates for president and vice-president
  2. 7. one of the functions of political parties - means criticizing the opposing party
  3. 8. a minor, or third party, that is concerned with mainly just one thing
  4. 9. usually happens in a dictatorship
  5. 11. main function of political parties so they can win offices
  6. 12. people who share the same ideas and work together to get candidates elected
  7. 14. they warned against the formation of political parties when they wrote the Constitution
  8. 16. a reason why the two major parties don't have a strong central structure
  9. 17. when a minor party influences the outcome of an election by pulling votes from one of the two main parties
Down
  1. 1. responsible for determining party structures at the State level
  2. 2. one of the functions of political parties - means ensuring their candidates have good character and are qualified
  3. 3. responsible for writing the policy statements for a political party
  4. 4. the leader of a party's national committee
  5. 5. if these parties have good ideas, one of the two dominant parties will probably take their ideas
  6. 10. because only one winner is elected to each office, so helps create the two-party system
  7. 13. we have this in the U.S. due to winner-take-all elections and the first arguments between the Federalists and the Antifederalists
  8. 15. if a political party is successful in controlling this office, the party is generally more united