US Government

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  1. 7. party A group that seeks to elect candidates to public office
  2. 10. Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals
  3. 14. A procedure that enables voters to reject a measure adopted by the legislature
  4. 15. A political system in which citizens rule directly or indirectly
  5. 17. the scandal that led to the forced resignation of a President Richard M. Nixon
  6. 19. Power of courts to determine whether acts of Congress are constitutional
  7. 20. he dollar amount of all final goods and services produced within a country in a year
  8. 21. Concept that one's personal information is protected from public scrutiny
  9. 24. A set of documents that were created to gain support for the Constitution
  10. 26. A valuable tool for measuring and understanding demographic changes
  11. 28. drawing the boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gives one party an unfair advantage over its rivals
  12. 30. Power is distributed between a central government and state governments
  13. 31. The right and acceptance of an authority
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  1. 1. A set of important issues that get the attention of people involved in policymaking
  2. 2. A government that is legally and politically independent of any other government
  3. 3. takes place when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it
  4. 4. the process by which interest groups attempt to influence public policy
  5. 5. Ability to influence/control the behavior of people in social science and politics
  6. 6. group A collection of people who share a common interest and seek to influence government
  7. 8. Government officials act in the best interest of the public
  8. 9. Legal constitutional protections against government
  9. 10. A fundamental principle whereby each branch of government has some measure of influence over the others
  10. 11. To return a criminal back to the state that they were charged in
  11. 12. Government officials act the way their constituents want
  12. 13. A small, organized, dissenting group, especially in politics
  13. 16. Protections from discrimination
  14. 18. A body of non-elective government officials and an administrative policy-making group
  15. 22. An advisory group selected by the president to aid in making decisions
  16. 23. A government in which several factions join together to create a majority
  17. 25. The fringe benefits of holding an office
  18. 27. The primary author of the Constitution
  19. 29. The official endorsement of a candidate for office by a political party