Across
- 3. manipulating the boundaries of voting districts to favour your own party
- 8. the only place in the US where you cannot vote for the President (1 word + 2 letters)
- 9. mainly responsible for conservative 80s politics
- 10. what happened 1861-65 (2 words)
- 14. the flat states of Kansas, the Dakotas and Nebraska are on the “Great ___”
- 16. the US government is elected every ___ years
- 20. the three largest cities in the US are New York City, Los Angeles and ___
- 21. name of the US legislative
- 23. which President “FDR” stands for
- 24. first African American President
- 25. the US rank on the international "Democracy Index"
- 27. the era of no more alcohol in the US
- 29. the US anthem is called The Star ___ Banner
- 31. the first US President
- 33. President during 9/11
- 35. which President “LBJ” stands for
- 38. the animals that is used as the party logo of the Republicans
- 39. another word for local political activism (think of a lawn)
- 40. the name of the separation of powers in the US: “Checks and ___”
- 43. the President with the Lewinsky affair
- 46. the lower chamber of the US Congress: House of ___ (CH: Nationalrat)
- 48. highest US court (2 words)
- 50. who is meant by the acronym POTUS
- 51. with 9.8m km2, the US is the ___ biggest country in the world
- 53. the first 10 Amendments to the US Constitution are the “___ of Rights”
- 54. around ___ per cent of US Americans are ethnically white
- 56. what "G.O.P." stands for when talking about Republicans (3 words)
- 57. the most important US document from 1776 (3 words)
Down
- 1. what defeated Nixon
- 2. protest against it brought countless people into the streets in the late sixties: “___ War”
- 4. the US rank on the "Corruption Perception Index"
- 5. the number of original US colonies
- 6. “Boston ___ Party” in 1773 and “___ Party Movement” during the Obama years
- 7. the northeastern states of the US are called New ___
- 11. the US population elects the President indirectly, through the “___ College”
- 12. 1950s senator who carried out a witch hunt to discover alleged Communists in American society
- 13. "O'er the land of the free and the home of the ___"
- 14. the closest US territory, in the Caribbean (2 words)
- 15. the ___ Mountains pass the US from New Mexico all the way through Montana and onwards to Canada
- 17. the American Dream: “From ___ to Riches”
- 18. the official language of the US is ___
- 19. the current US Vice president (2 words)
- 22. the current US president (2 words)
- 26. if, as a politician, you keep on talking and talking to prevent a bill from passing
- 28. Roosevelt's economic strategy against the Great Depression: “___ Deal”
- 29. federal states that sometimes vote Democrat and sometimes Republican (2 words)
- 30. helped free the slaves before he was shot while watching a theatre play
- 32. with 330m inhabitants, the US is the ___ most populated country in the world
- 34. the upper chamber of the US Congress (CH: Ständerat)
- 36. the animal that is used as the party logo of the Democrats
- 37. Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and some other states are geographically in the “Great ___” area of the US
- 41. after the Christians, the ___ community is the largest religious community in the US
- 42. the ___ community is the biggest ethnic minority community in the US
- 44. the only President ever to resign from the office
- 45. he wrote "all men are created equal", but had slaves of his own
- 47. the President shot in Dallas in 1963
- 49. when the Japanese planes came to Hawai'i (2 words)
- 51. the number of US federal states
- 52. the US form of government: “___ republic”
- 55. a US motto: "In ___ we trust"