Government Terms Set #2

3. a series of violent attacks on courthouses and other government properties in Massachusetts
6. A false verbal accusation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights.
8. a judge's order authorizing a search
9. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.
14. is the group of presidential electors required by the Constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president
15. people who opposed the Constitution
17. An officeholder who is seeking reelection.
20. Article III
21. The principle of a two-house legislature.
22. the right to vote
23. Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power.
24. To Approve
25. Primary election in which any voter, regardless of party, may vote.

1. Executive Branch
2. the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
4. the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
5. More than half
7. the people who are represented by elected officials
10. A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote
11. A government controlled by religious leaders
12. supporters of the Constitution
13. Election in which voters choose party nominees.
16. A lengthy speech designed to delay or kill the vote on a bill; used only in the Senate
18. A false written accusation of a person's character, reputation, business or property rights
19. An action by the House of Representatives to accuse the president, vice president, or other civil officers of the United States of committing "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."