Democracy
Across
- 5. Presidential branch of power
- 6. Someone favoring strict government
- 7. Bill that ensures all humans their rights
- 9. someones fund or advertisement before an election
- 10. Government with a king/queen
- 12. Meeting for political party members
- 15. someones view on something
- 16. largest rules that govern the citizen and government
- 17. All of the voters in a particular district.
- 19. someone who favors federal laws over state laws
- 22. someone chosen to represent a group or party
- 26. A person now holding an office
- 35. A candidate not belonging to one of the major political parties.
- 36. Legislative power in house of reps
- 39. A motion generally used in the Senate to end a filibuster. Invoking cloture requires a vote by 3/5 of the full Senate. If cloture is invoked further debate is limited to 30 hours, it is not a vote on the passage of the piece of legislation.
- 40. The idea that all humans should be treated the same
- 42. The act of under-minding a group of individuals
- 43. Supreme Court branch of power
- 46. Ending a debate by taking a vote
- 47. Someones sway in thinking over a subject
- 48. Legislative power that hold senators votes
- 49. An "amend" to the constitution
- 52. The involvement of common citizens.
- 56. Lack of a governing body
- 57. Loving your country
- 59. Idea that all wealth should be distributed
- 60. Political party that is centered on liberty and freedom
- 62. The government system we have
- 63. Senates branch of power
- 64. a state in which supreme power is held by the people
Down
- 1. System of government where one person has all power
- 2. To be a legal citizen of a country
- 3. Government funded medical care
- 4. Of or having to do with the people as a whole
- 8. An election in which one candidate defeats the other by a very large margin.
- 9. Making a decision based off of two opposing views
- 11. Banks currency worth and foreign trade
- 13. A person who seeks, or who has been suggested for an office or award.
- 14. Far-right idea of a nationalistic dictatorship
- 16. America has many of differing people who have different ______s
- 18. Decides who will be in power
- 20. An act of Congress that enables Federal agencies to spend money for specific purposes.
- 21. Idea that all property should be community owned
- 23. A legislative proposal that if passed by both the House and the Senate and approved by the President becomes law. Each bill is assigned a bill number. HR denotes bills that originate in the House and S denotes bills that originate in the Senate.
- 24. Tormenting or teasing by saying annoying or cruel things.
- 25. The person that a political party chooses to represent it in a general election. This is called nomination.
- 27. Economics system run by the people
- 28. Every citizen has the right to choose their leaders
- 29. a league or alliance of states
- 30. An area or spread of low income and failing business
- 31. Right to reject a bill
- 32. Party that uses an elephant as it's icon
- 33. Face-to-face discussion of candidates' views on issues.
- 34. A group of people who join together because they share many ideas about what the government should do.
- 37. Identification with ones own nation
- 38. Without favor or blame, objective.
- 41. Vote of the people
- 44. The original member who introduces a bill.
- 45. a small group controlling the government
- 50. When a business controls an entire sect of an economy
- 51. Someone who lawfully tries to influence politics
- 53. The right to vote in an election
- 54. Individual votes
- 55. An informal term for an amendment or provision that is not relevant to the legislation where it is attached.
- 58. Someone who traveled to America legally
- 59. Highest judicial court in U.S.
- 61. Party that uses a donkey as it's icon