AP Government

2. The type of federal grant limited to narrowly activities
4. A Legislature divided in two houses
6. The people represented by an elected representative
8. The political ideology which most Americans tend to lean towards
9. A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches
11. The Clause in the 1st Amendment that gives Congress to power to regulate interstate business activity
14. The sharing of powers between federal and state governments
16. The weakening of partisan party preferences leading to a rise in independents
17. Powers of the government payed out in the Constitution
18. A meeting of local party members to debate and select delegates

1. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent
3. Multiple competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group
5. The effect of candidates getting a boost because of the popularity of a candidate above them on the ballot
6. Model of federalism that involves spending, taxing, and providing grants in the federal government system
7. Presidential power to reject a bill passed by Congress
10. The organization responsible for implementing, administering, and enforcing policies, laws, and regulations at the federal level
11. The process for terminating debate in the senate
12. The clause of the First Amendment that prohibits the government from establishing/favoring a religion
13. The process by which we develop our political views and values
15. Written defamation of another person