American Polictical System- Unit 7

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Across
  1. 4. People who are able to vote (today anyone over the age of 18, who is registered, citizen, and not a felon)
  2. 7. Convention Gathering of political party members to officially announce a candidate and their platform
  3. 11. Originally created to oppose the expansion of slavery, will change ideals in the 1930s; today is focused on small government and conservative ideals
  4. 12. Opinion General climate or feelings of the voting population on issues - shows general stance of the nation
  5. 13. One of the first political parties, pushed for strong state government and individual rights (Bill of Rights)
  6. 16. Parties Small parties who temporarily exist for a specific purpose - rarely win significant percentage of vote, but increase public knowledge of a topic
  7. 17. Finance Reform Changes in regulations on how parties/candidates raise and use money donated to their campaigns
  8. 18. The official policy of a political party - covers multiple topics in society
  9. 19. Originally created to oppose Andrew Jackson, will change ideals in the 1930s; today is focused on entitlements and liberal ideals
  10. 22. Elections to minimize the candidate pool for a specific office
Down
  1. 1. Movement Push for the right to vote. Women's Suffrage Movement began in the 1800s and was not successful until 1920
  2. 2. System Political system where there are two main parties that dominate politics
  3. 3. Direct vote of constituents on a specific issue; most common example would be local tax levies
  4. 5. Political Party's stance on one specific issue
  5. 6. Citizens getting involved to propose legislation or other changes to government; typically starts as a petition
  6. 8. Biased mass media that is meant to illicit certain feelings by constituents
  7. 9. Action Committee Organization that raises funds to campaign for or against a candidate, based on one or more issues
  8. 10. One of the first political parties, pushed for strong central government
  9. 14. System in which people have a say in the government and its operations (direct or representative)
  10. 15. Money Money donated to a political party that are not monitored or controlled
  11. 20. Hall NY Political Machine, ran by Boss Tweed, busted by political cartoons of Thomas Nast
  12. 21. Lack of interest in participation