Unit 2 Gov test review

Question 1

suffrage

Answer 1

the right to vote

Question 2

ranked choice

Answer 2

voters rank all candidates until one candidate wins a majority

Question 3

ad hominem

Answer 3

attack against opponent themselves, rather than their issue or idea

Question 4

Glittering Generalities

Answer 4

emotionally appealing words that are used without supporting evidence

Question 5

Two party system

Answer 5

a system where two major parties are dominated

Question 6

Campaign finance

Answer 6

raising and spending money to influence political outcome

Question 7

Buckley v. Valeo

Answer 7

citizens can give unlimited money to help a political party

Question 8

Direct election

Answer 8

voters themselves choose candidate for office

Question 9

Direct primary

Answer 9

voters elect candidates via secret ballot

Question 10

Bandwagon

Answer 10

“Get in on this”

Question 11

Plain folk

Answer 11

portrayed as the average person “Obama playing basketball”

Question 12

third party

Answer 12

a party that challenges the two major parties

Question 13

Hard money

Answer 13

money given directly to candidate (amount is limited)

Question 14

Citizens united v. FEC

Answer 14

super PACs are not required to disclose their donors

Question 15

indirect election

Answer 15

a person or group are selected by voters to choose candidate

Question 16

Caucus

Answer 16

voters elect candidate by standing in groups

Question 17

Emotional transfer

Answer 17

applying pos. or neg. energy to a candidate by associating them with something else

Question 18

Straw man

Answer 18

misrepresenting an opponents issue in order to refute it without engaging the true issue

Question 19

proportional representation

Answer 19

percentage of popular vote = percentage of legislative seats won by the party

Question 20

soft money

Answer 20

money given to a PAC (amount is less restricted)

Question 21

first past the post

Answer 21

voters choose a single candidate, whoever gets the most votes wins

Question 22

propaganda

Answer 22

biased or misleading information used to sway viewers into a particular thought

Question 23

endorsement

Answer 23

using officials or respected sources to support the candidate or cause

Question 24

political party

Answer 24

group that aims to win elections and control the government

Question 25

coalition

Answer 25

alliance between party to form a majority

Question 26

public disclosure

Answer 26

candidates must publish records of who contributed to their campaign

Question 27

19th amendment

Answer 27

constitutional amendment women gained the right to vote

Question 28

third party is is liberal or conservative, push the main parties towards the extremes

Answer 28

ideological third party

Question 29

fight for main issue above all, forces the main party to take a position

Answer 29

single issue party

Question 30

breakaway from the main party, provides an outlet for all dissected voters from party

Answer 30

splinter party

Question 31

top issue for voter in every poll conducted in the last decade

Answer 31

economy

Question 32

this president consolidated presidential power during the first era of democratic dominance, leading to the opposition of the Whigs

Answer 32

Andrew Jackson

Question 33

a political group that has interest or opinions that differ from the rest of the political party

Answer 33

faction, James Madison believed a large republic would better control the influence of factions within our democracy

Question 34

26th amendment

Answer 34

changed voting age from 21 to 18

Question 35

this party formed formed as a coalition of wigs, free soil, and know nothings

Answer 35

republican party

Question 36

when government is splint in half resulting in gridlock

Answer 36

divided government

Question 37

Party development era

Answer 37

-feds support central gov -lead by Alexander Hamilton -democrats: republicans supported single states and workers -lead by Thomas Jefferson

Question 38

Democratic dominant era

Answer 38

democratic republican party- continue and consolidate behind a stronger leader -lead by Andrew Jackson -wigs- organize in opposition to Jackson and democrats

Question 39

Republican Dominant era

Answer 39

-democrats supported slavery during civil war leading to collapse -republicans arose as coalition against democrats, and fought against owning slaves

Question 40

New Deal Era

Answer 40

-democrats shift towards liberalism, expand social programs, and civil rights legislation -Republican voters go more conservative, attracting religious and white voters president is FDR