Government Mid-Term Exam Review
Across
- 6. what act helped to fund state universities with the sale of public land given to states by the federal governments
- 7. grants that come with "strings" attached
- 8. keep people in office who are sympathetic to group wants and needs
- 11. What branch of government is media?
- 12. People who share interests form groups to advance their causes and that some groups have too much power – gridlock
- 14. branch that confirms presidential appointments
- 17. Controls the media, no one may operate radio or TV stations without their license
- 18. How do interest groups get money?
- 19. belong only because the U.S. is sovereign. There are few of these. One is the National Gov’ts ability to regulate immigration.
- 20. A collection of people who share some common interest or attitude and seek to influence gov’t for specific ends
- 22. the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State is returned to that State (Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution).
- 24. journalists whose sole job is to follow the President
- 25. an act directing people of the territory to frame a proposed constitution
- 26. a system of gov’t in which a written constitution divides the powers of government between the national gov’t (U.S.) and the State governments (50 States)
Down
- 1. agreements among states
- 2. ability of the media to draw public attention to certain issues and to ignore other issues
- 3. grants of federal money or other resources to the states and/or their cities, counties, or localities
- 4. commands armed forces
- 5. Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws and, documents, and court proceedings of the other States
- 9. money that goes to local gov’t in areas where there are large federal land holding in lieu of property taxes that the local gov’t can’t collect from the national gov’t
- 10. interprets the Constitution and other laws
- 13. no State can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those persons who happen to live in other States.
- 15. links people and government, gives voice to people
- 16. assigning certain powers to the National Government and certain powers to the States
- 21. powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not, at the same time, deny to the States.
- 23. factions are bad, but a necessary evil