Review of Government Terms

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Across
  1. 3. making concessions, part of negotiations; give something up to get something in return
  2. 5. working toward achieving a general agreement that satisfies the largest number of people
  3. 6. apply information literacy, problem-solving and communication skills to address societal problems
  4. 7. controlling government power; branches can restrain actions of other branches
  5. 8. institutional actions involved with government carrying out its functions
  6. 9. settling differences through discussion of the issues and compromise
  7. 11. organizations whose members hold similar views; seek to influence public policy through the political and public policy processes
  8. 13. opponent of ratification of Constitution; important powers had been delegated to national government; necessary and proper and supremacy clauses made ineffective any limitations on powers of national government
  9. 17. acquisition of power and influencing decision making
  10. 18. branch of government that makes the laws
  11. 19. states that the Constitution is the highest law in the land & nothing can contradict it
  12. 22. Supreme Court has declared actions of other branches and states unconstitutional
  13. 23. first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
Down
  1. 1. getting others to accept a POV through reasoning & argumentation
  2. 2. branch of government that enforces the law
  3. 4. distribution of powers among independent branches;
  4. 8. authority derived from the people; consent of governed
  5. 10. For the Constitution; powers given to national government addressed problems under the Articles; state sovereignty must give way to general welfare of the nation; national power was defined and limited, states still held many residual powers
  6. 12. organizations whose members hold similar views; seek to determine public policy through winning elections and public office
  7. 14. means of mass communication
  8. 15. government can only exercise powers granted to it; according to the rule of law
  9. 16. rules recognized as binding, enforced by a government
  10. 20. division of power between the National and State & Local governments
  11. 21. branch of government that interprets the law