Midterm Review - Civic Literacy

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  1. 3. A small group in charge of creating, researching, and approving bills on specific topics.
  2. 5. A political move made by the present to strike down a potential bill by Congress.
  3. 7. The government principle of splitting power between the local, State, and Federal level.
  4. 10. The minimum number of Representatives a State can have in the House.
  5. 12. The early political party that believed in a strong central (national) government.
  6. 17. A person who casts a vote for President representing a whole state.
  7. 21. A proposed rule for the entire country that needs to be passed by Congress.
  8. 22. The term length of a Representative in the House.
  9. 24. The only city that receives Electoral College votes (3).
  10. 25. The combined federal Legislative Branch; Both Senate and House of Representatives.
  11. 26. The amount of time a politician stays in office.
  12. 28. A change made to the Constitution allowing for more personal rights or a change to how we govern.
  13. 30. A political ideology that desires small or no changes to the government.
  14. 31. The document that serves as the bedrock (basis) for our current government.
Down
  1. 1. A move made by one branch of government to correct/corral another.
  2. 2. The modern Conservative political party.
  3. 4. An Enlightenment thinker who believed people are evil.
  4. 6. A political move to persecute a member of the government for committing a crime.
  5. 8. A political ideology that desires medium size change(s) to the government.
  6. 9. The ability to rule.
  7. 11. A strategy used in the Senate to stop a vote/passing of a bill.
  8. 13. The political move of redistricting a state to benefit your political party.
  9. 14. The modern Liberal political party.
  10. 15. An Enlightenment thinker who believed in the separation of Church and State.
  11. 16. An Enlightenment thinker who believed in the Separation of Powers.
  12. 18. A member of the House.
  13. 19. An elected official (Minimum Age: 35)
  14. 20. An Enlightenment thinker who believed people were a blank slate.
  15. 23. A political ideology that desires large change(s) to the government.
  16. 24. The geographic area that a Representative represents.
  17. 27. An elected official--there are only 2 per state.
  18. 28. Abbreviation for the first document that served as the national government for the United States of America.
  19. 29. A rule for the entire country passed by Congress.