Final Exam Prep

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Across
  1. 3. The term _________________ is best defined as the division of power between the states and the national government.
  2. 4. A form of government where one person has all the power.
  3. 6. Twenty seventh amendment to the U.S. Constitution reduced _______________ age from 21 to 18.
  4. 9. Document that outlines the positions a political party takes on major issues is referred to as the party _______________.
  5. 11. The authors of the United States Constitution established a _________________ legislature primarily because they reached a compromise between the large states and the small states over representation.
  6. 15. Over the past several years many monuments dedicated to the _______________ leaders have been removed.
  7. 17. _________________ males gained suffrage as a result of the fifteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
  8. 19. Judicial review is the power to decide whether or not a law or government action is _______________.
  9. 20. A major criticism of the electoral college system has been that a president may be elected without receiving the majority of _______________ the vote.
  10. 22. Senate Rejects Supreme Court Nominee; Supreme Court Declares National Recovery Act (NRA) Unconstitutional; Congress Overrides Truman Veto of Taft Hartley Act Each of these headlines illustrates the use of _________________.
  11. 24. A form of government where a small group has most of the power.
  12. 26. In a _________________ such as Iran religious leaders are in charge.
  13. 30. _______________ gained suffrage nationwide as a result of the nineteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
  14. 31. George Stinney was the _______________ person on record to be executed in the United States.
  15. 32. European _________________ thinkers and writers of the 17th and 18th centuries such as John Locke influenced America’s colonial development by providing ideas about self-government and political Rights.
Down
  1. 1. In Tinker v. Des Moines, the Supreme Court ruled that students protesting against the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands were protected by the _______________ amendment.
  2. 2. Gerrymandering can be used by a political party to draw _______________ boundary lines to control as many congressional seats as possible.
  3. 5. The tradition that allows for unlimited debate in the Senate and prevents a vote from taking place unless sixty Senators agree is called a _______________.
  4. 7. Traditionally the _______________ party is more culturally liberal and in favor of larger government that creates more regulations and provides more services.
  5. 8. A group of people who share a set of beliefs about the direction the government should take and work together to win elections.
  6. 9. In Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court decided that organized _______________ in public schools violates the first amendment prohibition against the establishment of religion.
  7. 10. In New Jersey v. T.L.O., the Supreme Court restricted student’s _______________ amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures on school grounds.
  8. 12. One reason the United States Constitution is considered a flexible document is that it includes the _______________ clause.
  9. 13. In an absolute _________________, such as Saudi Arabia, a king or queen has all the power, but in a Constitutional _________________, such as Great Britain, the power of king or queen is limited.
  10. 14. If there is a 50 / 50 tie in the US Senate the _________________ casts the tiebreaking vote.
  11. 16. Traditionally the _______________ party is more culturally conservative and in favor of smaller government that creates less regulations and provides fewer services.
  12. 18. Federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances are constitutional principles that reduce the _________________ of governmental power.
  13. 21. United States has two major political parties, Democrats and Republicans. All other political parties are referred to as the _______________ parties.
  14. 23. Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court must be nominated by the President and confirmed by the _______________.
  15. 25. According to the United States Constitution, the federal _________________ is used to determine the apportionment of members in the House of Representatives.
  16. 27. One way in which the Declaration of Independence and the original United States Constitution are similar is that both promote the idea of the _________________ of the governed.
  17. 28. A presidential _______________of a bill can be overridden by a two-thirds majority vote of both houses of Congress.
  18. 29. To prevent tyranny, the authors of the Constitution drew on Montesquieu’s concept of separation of _________________.