Unit 3 Vocab

Question 1

Two-Party System

Answer 1

A party where only two paries can participate in the election

Question 2

Democratic Party

Answer 2

A political party that support things like LGBT rights, and they have less strict immigration laws, and worker rights

Question 3

Republican

Answer 3

a party that believes in limited government, free markets, free trade, tax cuts.

Question 4

Nominate

Answer 4

Nomination is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to a public office, or the bestowing of an honor or award.

Question 5

Campaign

Answer 5

A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group. In democracies, political campaigns often refer to electoral campaigns, by which representatives are chosen or referendums are decided

Question 6

Political party

Answer 6

A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country’s elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or policy goals.

Question 7

Ideology

Answer 7

a set of beliefs, especially the political beliefs on which people, parties, or countries base their actions

Question 8

Third partys

Answer 8

Third party is a term used in the United States for political parties other than the two major parties. Third parties are most often encountered in presidential nominations. No third-party candidate has won the presidency since the Republican Party became a major party in the mid-19th century

Question 9

Political Platform

Answer 9

A political party platform, party program, or party manifesto is a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public’s support and votes about complicated topics or issues

Question 10

Election

Answer 10

A election is a fight between two people, people vote for either candidate to make them win.

Question 11

Political spectrum

Answer 11

the range of a persons views on government.

Question 12

Public Policy

Answer 12

a system of laws, regulatory measures, courses of action, and funding priorities concerning a given topic promulgated by a governmental entity or its representatives.

Question 13

Conservative

Answer 13

a belief in limited government, individualism, traditionalism, republicanism, and limited federal governmental power in relation to U.S. states.

Question 14

Liberal

Answer 14

a person who believes that government should be active in supporting social and political change.”

Question 15

Moderate

Answer 15

The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism.

Question 16

Media

Answer 16

Broadcast media.
Film.
Video games.
Audio recording and reproduction.
Internet media.
Print media.

Question 17

Editorial

Answer 17

newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers

Question 18

Op-Ed

Answer 18

denoting or printed on the page opposite the editorial page in a newspaper, devoted to commentary, feature articles

Question 19

Bias

Answer 19

a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others that usually results in treating some people unfairly.

Question 20

PAC

Answer 20

political action committee

Question 21

Super PAC

Answer 21

political-action committee that is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money from corporations, unions, individuals and associations.

Question 22

Citizen United v Federal Election Commission

Answer 22

ruled invalidating restrictions on independent campaign spending by any organization

Question 23

15th Amendment

Answer 23

guaranteed that the right to vote could not be denied based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Question 24

19th Amendment

Answer 24

granted women the right to vote.

Question 25

24th Amendment

Answer 25

Amendment Twenty-four to the Constitution was ratified on January 23, 1964. It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections.

Question 26

26th Amendment

Answer 26

reduced the mandatory voting age to 18 years. right of US citizens. who are 18 yrs of age or older,

Question 27

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer 27

outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting

Question 28

Qualifications to register to vote

Answer 28

You need to be 18, and have good education and money.

Question 29

Electoral College

Answer 29

An electoral college is a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to particular offices.

Question 30

Electors based on…

Answer 30

their votes and voters

Question 31

Winner-take-all system

Answer 31

a term used to describe single member district and at large election systems that award seats to the highest vote getters

Question 32

23rd amendment

Answer 32

Allows for residents of Washington D.C. to vote in the elections for President and Vice President.