Vocabulary from Chapters 17 and 18
Across
- 4. tax / money paid to vote
- 6. / the incoherence of morality
- 7. / the right to vote
- 8. / the person who has the most votes wins that election
- 9. primary / open to the general public
- 10. party ticket / where you vote strictly one party
- 11. / They believe in impinging on daily life and controlling everything as well as equality for all, more specifically minorities.
- 13. / an appeal
- 15. party / a minor party is called this
- 16. / ideas, information, or rumors are used to influence someone to do something or not do something in some cases.
- 17. / when politicians give out favors to their contributors.
- 18. / a voting district
- 20. / a voter who does not affiliate with any specific party
- 22. money / money that goes directly to the candidate
- 23. member district / only one official is elected into office.
- 24. / a statement of a party's views on critical issues, beliefs, and values.
- 25. / a meeting of members of a specific party that vote on a candidate for the Presidential election as well as other elections.
- 26. party / splits from a major party
- 27. / a process in which a citizen can suggest a law or amendment
Down
- 1. / they don't sway a specific way in political identification or ideology and are looking to modernize the political system.
- 2. parties / a group of people with similar governmental views who get each other elected.
- 3. / to divide into separate groups that compete for the same thing
- 5. / a party's selected presidential and vice presidential candidates
- 6. / a person with more relevant views
- 7. money / money raised for general purposes
- 12. test / the test of knowledge in reading and writing in order to vote
- 14. party / They don't have a specific party they run for office with.
- 16. representation / when the number of representatives corresponds with the citizen population. Based on the population of your state will depend on how many representatives you get in Congress.
- 19. / believe in keeping our nation's traditions and as well as Laissez- Faire, or hands off the economy.
- 21. government / several political parties join together to get elected into office and when in office they must work together to run the country