Across
- 3. One of the "Big Four" major federal spending categories shown in Figure 1.1 that provides income for seniors.
- 4. Paradoxical political concept where a candidate can win the national popular vote yet lose the presidential election.
- 9. Political theory suggesting that citizens exert power when they organize and rise up in protest (21)
- 12. The organizations, norms, and rules that structure political action (12)
- 13. The notion that the United States is unique compared to all other nations (21)
Down
- 1. individuals aim to maximize their own self-interest (9)
- 2. Theory that power rests in the hands of a small number of wealthy and influential individuals (5)
- 5. Benjamin Franklin famous reply when asked what kind of government was given: "A ______, madam—if you can keep it".
- 6. theory proposing that power is distributed among many different interest groups (8)
- 7. Rational choice theory assumes individuals act to maximize their own self-
- 8. Theory asserting that real political control lies with non-elected government workers who carry out daily operations (12)
- 10. Key political figure featured in Chapter 1 who remarked on the nature of American governance
- 11. Approximate percentage of the U.S. federal budget allocated to defense and major entitlement programs in Figure 1.1.
- 12. Immigrant group shown arriving in the United States during the 1870s in the historic photograph.