AP Government Extra Credit Game

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Across
  1. 3. lets the House charge and the Senate try federal officials for abuse of power
  2. 4. first U.S. governing framework that kept most power with the states and less for the national government
  3. 5. power of federal courts to declare laws, executive actions, and state actions unconstitutional
  4. 6. believed government is a social contract
  5. 8. outlawed the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections
  6. 9. current officeholders who are seeking re-election
  7. 11. allows people who have been detained by the government to challenge their detention in court
  8. 13. transfer of power from a central government to regional or local governments
  9. 14. believe in absolute economic and social freedom and no government regulation in economy
  10. 22. farmers in western Massachusetts were outraged at the taxes levied by the government, so they rebelled
  11. 23. policy set by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, deals with interest rates and the money supply
  12. 24. specific powers explicitly granted to the national government in the Constitution, mostly in Article I, Section 8
  13. 25. process by which a campaign reaches individual voters, either by door-to-door solicitation or by telephone
  14. 26. the sense of an individual citizen that he or she is capable of effecting desired change in public policy
  15. 28. style of political reporting that focuses on polling data and public perception rather than candidate policy or substantive issues
  16. 29. money granted by the federal government to state and local governments, with strict limitations on how it is to be spent
  17. 30. federal powers inferred from the Necessary and Proper Clause
  18. 32. bars the federal and state governments from denying citizens 18 or older the right to vote based on age
  19. 33. formal document stating the party's principles, values, and policy goals
  20. 34. people allowed to vote in an election
  21. 35. legislative act that declares a person or group guilty of a crime and punishes them without a trial
  22. 36. use of government taxing and spending by Congress and the president to influence economic conditions
  23. 37. congressional district that reliably votes for one party
Down
  1. 1. changed how U.S. Senators were elected, shifting from selection by state legislatures to direct election by the people
  2. 2. media's role of tracking who is winning or losing in politics
  3. 7. meeting of the voters of a political party in an election district for nominating candidates for office and choosing delegates for a convention
  4. 10. the ability for members of Congress to send out mail for free without postage
  5. 12. pre-election contest where voters choose which candidate will represent a political party on the general election ballot
  6. 15. extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formerly enslaved
  7. 16. nongovernmental interest groups compete to influence political decision making
  8. 17. the practice of drawing electoral districts to consolidate the population of a community or constituency into a small number of districts
  9. 18. policies meant to address disparities in education and the workplace tied to race, ethnic origin, gender, disability, and age
  10. 19. government should be created by and subject to the will of the people
  11. 20. the practice of drawing electoral districts that divide the population of a community or constituency
  12. 21. the act of removing or restricting political power
  13. 27. 1787 Constitutional Convention agreement that created a bicameral Congress
  14. 31. views held by people who don't sit firmly on the liberal or conservative end of the political spectrum