AP Government Midterm Review 2022

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Across
  1. 4. statement of legal reasoning behind a judicial decision
  2. 6. those who supported the U.S. Constitution at the time when states were contemplating its adoption
  3. 7. transferring responsibility for policies from the federal government to state and local governments
  4. 8. strategy unique to the U.S. Senate whereby opponents of a bill try to talk it to death
  5. 15. those represented by an elected officeholder
  6. 16. system of hiring or promotion based on the merit principle
  7. 19. excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues in one year
  8. 20. system where two or more levels of government have formal authority over the same land and people
  9. 22. group of presidential advisors not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution
  10. 23. English philosopher whose idea of natural rights inspired the Declaration of Independence
  11. 24. power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it
  12. 25. father of the U.S. Constitution
  13. 27. a two-house legislature
  14. 28. interest groups arising from the unequal distribution of property or wealth
  15. 29. nation's basic law; may be written or unwritten
Down
  1. 1. minimum age for candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives
  2. 2. coattails term for phenomenon when voters cast ballots for congressional candidates of the president's party because they support the president
  3. 3. program that provides hospitalization insurance for the elderly
  4. 5. policies for which Congress has obligated itself to pay X level of benefits to Y number of recipients
  5. 7. Massachusetts farmer who led series of attacks on courthouses to prevent foreclosure proceedings
  6. 9. how similar cases have been decided in the past
  7. 10. job, promotion, or contract given for political reasons rather than for merit alone
  8. 11. proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population
  9. 12. number of states needed to ratify the Constitution before it became the law of the land
  10. 13. power of the courts to determine whether acts of Congress and the executive are in accord with the Constitution
  11. 14. amendment that established a federal income tax
  12. 17. amendment that limits the president to two terms in office
  13. 18. type of congressional committee formed when the House and Senate pass a bill in different forms; responsible for resolving differences
  14. 21. party leaders who work with the majority or minority leaders to lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill favored by the party
  15. 22. activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals
  16. 26. surrendering a person charged with a crime to the state in which the crime was allegedly committed
  17. 27. proposed law