US Gov. Ch.1- Foundations of Government and Citizenship Crossword
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2) the power to execute, enforce, and administer laws3) a form of government in which the supreme authority rests with the people4) elected 16th President of the United States, entering office in 1861 at age 52. He is known for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that "all persons held as slaves... shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..." He was assassinated in 1865.5) the belief that God grants authority to a government6) 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Nicknamed Teddy, he was a hunter, soldier, naturalist, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize who also secured the route for and began construction on the Panama Canal.8) an economic system characterized by the private ownership of capital goods, private investment, and a competitive marketplace that determines success or failure9) British politician who served as an ambassador to the United States from 1907 to 1913. He became especially popular upon writing The American Commonwealth, which is a favorable study of the U.S. government.10) an alliance of independent states11) the process of blending and adjusting competing views and interests12) a government in which all power belongs to one central agency14) a government in which the executive branch is part of the legislative branch and subject to its control15) to have supreme and absolute power within a territory16) also known as Voltaire; an important Enlightenment thinker and writer. Voltaire’s beliefs in reason, science, and religious freedom were echoed in his plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. Voltaire spent much of his life in exile from his home country of France, writing and speaking about his philosophy.17) in a democracy, the majority of the people will be right more often than they will be wrong, and will be right more often than will any one person or small group19) the institution through which a society makes and enforces public policies20) a government in which power is divided between one central and several local governments21) a famous and financially successful poet who was also a satirist and translator. He was born in London and raised in a Roman Catholic family. He is most famous for his use of the heroic couplet.24) the power to make laws and to frame public policies27) the absolute power within its own territory to decide domestic and foreign policies.30) one who holds certain rights and responsibilities within a state |
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1) the power to interpret laws, to determine their meaning, and to settle disputes that are within the society4) a form of government in which a single person holds unlimited power7) British statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 during most of World War II and from 1951 to 1955. He was the first honorary U.S. citizen and was granted the Nobel Prize in Literature.13) in this form of government, those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people18) a form of government in which the power to rule is held by a small, usually self-appointed elite22) English philosopher who wrote about his theories concerning the natural rights of man, the social contract, the separation of Church and State, religious freedom, and liberty. Locke's theories influenced the American and French revolutions.23) justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932 who was nicknamed the Great Dissenter.25) English philosopher who felt that people and nations were in a constant battle for power and wealth. He distrusted democracy but thought that authorized representatives as the voice of the people would prevent a monarch from being unfair or cruel.26) a government with separate executive and legislative branches28) Greek philosopher who viewed the lives of individual humans as linked in a social context. He wrote about various types of government and the obligations of the individual citizen29) a body of people, living in a defined territory, with a government that can make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority31) the split of power between central and local governments32) all the things a government decides to do; laws33) the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and a Founding Father. Prior to his presidency, he was a general and commander in chief during the American Revolution.34) English judge who wrote the Commentaries on the Laws of England, a series of four books that had a profound influence on the writers of America’s Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Blackstone, an important Enlightenment figure, believed in protecting the rights of the innocent, and in basing judgements on common law that is, on previous decisions about similar issues. |
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