Across
- 2. an individual’s coherent set of beliefs about govern ment and politics.
- 4. the idea that the government’s right to rule comes from the people.
- 9. a governing document that created a union of thirteen sovereign states in which the states, not the union, were supreme
- 11. people allow their governments to rule over them to ensure an orderly and functioning society
- 12. the sharing of power between the national government and the states.
- 19. a federal program that provides health care for the poo
- 20. Outlines Executive branch & powers
- 24. prohibits Congress and the states from imposing poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections.
- 26. a federal program that provides health insurance to seniors and the disabled.
- 27. a theory of democracy that emphasizes the role of groups in the policymaking process.
- 28. Outlines balance of state & federal powers
- 30. a design of government in which each branch has powers that can prevent the other branches from making policy.
- 32. the theory that widespread political participation is essential for democratic government
- 34. the total value of goods and services produced by an economy.
- 35. allows those eighteen years old and older to vote.
- 36. Women's suffrage
Down
- 1. the experiences and factors that shape our political values, attitudes, and behaviors.
- 3. Outlines Legislative branch & powers
- 5. Outlines Judicial branch & powers
- 6. Outlines the amendment process
- 7. an economic system in which govern ment intrudes as little as possible in the transactions among citizens and businesses.
- 8. constitutional amendment asserting that persons born in the United States are citizens and prohibits states from denying persons due process or equal protection under the law
- 10. theory of democracy that the elites have a disproportionate amount of influence in the policymaking process.
- 13. Includes the supremacy clause
- 14. an ideology favoring less government control over social behavior and greater regulation of the economy.
- 15. economic policy in which government dictates much of a nation’s economic activity, including the amount of production and prices for goods.
- 16. a twohouse legislature.
- 17. constitutional amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote.
- 18. powers not given to the national government, which are retained by the states and the people.
- 21. the increasing interconnectedness of people, businesses, and countries throughout the worl
- 22. an ideology favoring very little government intervention beyond protecting private property and individual liberty.
- 23. an ideology favoring more regulation of social behavior and less government interference in the economy
- 25. rights the government cannot take away.
- 29. powers granted to both states and the federal government in the Constitution.
- 31. established Senate election via popular vote
- 33. constitutional amendment that outlaws slavery.