AP Government CAP Project

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Across
  1. 1. A belief that limited government insures order competitive markets and personal opportunity.
  2. 4. Formal accusation by the lower house of legislature against a public official, the first step in removal from office.
  3. 5. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals (each limited to $2000) and present them to a candidate or political party as a “bundle,” thus increasing the PAC’s influence.
  4. 6. Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials, especially legislators, and the policies they enact.
  5. 7. A belief that government can and should achieve justice and equality of opportunity.
  6. 10. A term the founders used to refer to political parties and special interests or interest groups.
  7. 12. The dispensing of government jobs to persons who belong to the winning political party.
  8. 13. Government by the people, both directly or indirectly, with free and frequent elections.
  9. 17. The first governing document of the confederated states drafted in 1777, ratified in 1781, and replaced by the present Constitution in 1789.
  10. 18. Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government, generally.
  11. 19. People who favor state or local action rather than national action.
  12. 20. Candidate or party with the most votes cast in an election, not necessarily more than half.
Down
  1. 2. Powers inferred from the express powers that allow Congress to carry out its functions.
  2. 3. The study of the characteristics of populations.
  3. 8. The powers of the national government in foreign affairs that the Supreme Court has declared do not depend on constitutional grants but rather grow out of the very existence of the national government.
  4. 9. The right to vote.
  5. 11. Supporters of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government.
  6. 14. Procedure for submitting to popular vote the removal of officials from office before the end of their term.
  7. 15. A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform.
  8. 16. Procedure for submitting to popular vote measures passed by the legislature or proposed amendments to a state constitution.