Across
- 3. political authority rests with the people, government is conducted with the consent of the people
- 6. Group of people chosen from each state and DC to formally vote for president and vice president
- 7. the division of political power among a central government and several regional governments
- 10. state where winners cannot be predetermined
- 15. the process by which Congress checks to see that the agencies of the executive branch are working effectively
- 19. the legal way someone can change his/her citizenship
- 20. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; terrorist group that that follows a fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam
Down
- 1. believe that a judge should use his or her position to promote desirable social ends
- 2. political action committees, gives money to candidate
- 4. The central government has limited power with the most important authority reserved for member states
- 5. a tactic used by the minority to “talk a bill to death” on the Senate floor
- 8. Government can govern only with the consent of the governed
- 9. formed a confederation among the States, unicameral legislature
- 11. Represents nation
- 12. Legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State can be returned to that State
- 13. a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention
- 14. powers exercised by both the national and state governments
- 16. divisions of standing committees that do most of the committees’ work
- 17. Large, complex administrative structure handling everyday business
- 18. government directed private enterprise against international financial markets