Across
- 3. When a candidate states that he or she is planning to run for office
- 5. Someone that represents the party views of a state at a national convention
- 7. A legislature that is composed of two houses
- 8. The chief executive at the state level
- 9. People and/or things that can prove one side's version of what happened
- 10. Presidential "no" to a bill
- 12. Actions toward other countries(2 words)
- 13. Rule by god
- 16. When the government brings in more than it spends
- 18. The feature of a state that can have different traditions, languages, level of education, etc.
- 19. Rights people are born with(2 words)
- 20. A type of autocracy (rule by one person) in which the ruler has absolute power of the lives of the citizens
- 21. Agreements with other nations
- 22. When the government spends more than it brings in
- 24. Originally, the only people allowed to vote were...(4 words)
- 25. All of a candidate's efforts to win an election
Down
- 1. Powers that are fair(2 words)
- 2. A tax to provide retirement benefits to senior citizens(3 words)
- 3. Rule by the people
- 4. The feature of a state that can change through war, negotiation, or purchases
- 6. Given by the people selected to run for President and Vice President at the end of a national convention(2 words)
- 11. The vote of the public (2 words)
- 14. Before you vote you must_
- 15. Rights that cannot be taken away(2 words)
- 17. The person that is chosen to run as a party's candidate in the national election
- 23. Party meetings where candidates are selected and the platform is created