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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When is the National level govt. party most busy? | During an election year |
| When is the state level govt busy? | always |
| Many of the laws and plans made by this party are stolen by the D and R party? | Third party |
| The r and d party are losing power. T or F? | True |
| Cio and big business are mostly R or D? | Democrat |
| Small business are mostly R or D? | Republican |
| Which party gets support from the unions, minorities, NE states, Pacific W Coast, South western, increasing latino, California? | Democratic |
| Which party gets support from small towns, rural, western, southern states, 1-4 yrs college, business managers, doctors? | Republicans |
| This party was associated with treason? | Democratic |
| Democratic presidents continued to hold office until what year? | 1980 Reagan was elected |
| What is the percentage of U.S. voter turnout? | 50% |
| What scandal occured that caused alot of people to stop voting? | Watergate scandal, when Nixon was in office |
| Who was committed for conspiracy and was let go with a full pardon and other govt. people involved went to jail? | Richard Nixon |
| Which group of people always can be counted on to vote? | Old people and the higher educated |
| "Qualifications" to be president? | 35yrs old, born in U.S. and at least one of your parents a citizen, handsome, god teeth, avoid answering a question, be a normal guy not an elitest |
| When running for office the candidates are? | coached on how to be infront of the media, mock president interviews |
| Most states use this system, done in one day? | Direct primary |
| meetings of delegates, a party to vote on a candidate, done in several meetings | Caucus, rarely used now |
| The summer nominating convention if for who? | unique to presidential candidates |
| The president must select whom as a running mate, this person usually is a little bit different from them? | Vice president |
| What does your vote really count for? | Slate of elections |
| How many electoral college votes does Tx have? | 32 |
| The candidate needs how many electoral college votes to win? | 270 |
| Is the winner determined by popular vote? | No |
| If the electoral votes are as follows: 40% Dem. 40% Rep. and 20% third party, how is the president chosen? | The House of Representatives decides, one vote per state |
| If someone is running for a lower level office the president can either hurt or help their chance to win, if they are helpful this is called? | Riding the coattail |
| What takes place when a person cannot finish their term in office? | Special election is done and the Governor calls the election |
| What is the only state in which the judges are elected? | Texas |
| After the reconstruction era Texas became a Democratic or Republican state? | Democratic |
| After the civil war the North seized govt. of all the South, which party was this? | Republican party |
| Who was the first Republican president after the Reconstruction Era? | Dwight D. Eisenhower, a WWII war hero |
| Which party Conservative or Liberal, is for small government, you should pull your own weight, frontier life? | Conservative |
| Which party Conservative or Liberal, believes that it is the duty of the govt. to protect those who cannot take care of themselves, concerned for children working in the coal mine and the men in the steel mills, 1 death occured a day? | Liberal |
| Racial and ethnic minorities make up what percentage of the voters? | 40% |
| What group was called the real movers and shakers, most powerful govt, they wanted to control the world? | Round table |
| Ruled by the privilidged and powerful few, secular in outlook, believe religion is nonsense but they don't admit it? | Aristocracy |
| This type of capitalism makes it impossible for small business to grow, bail outs, govt. provided cradle to grave care? | Crony Capitalism |
| Global companies like ? have Round tables? | NATO |
| After the round table came about these people were no longer hated? | British |
| This is where the wealthiest people put their money? | Tax free foundations |
| The more income you make the more you pay in taxes up to a certain amount? | Graduated income tax |
| This was meant to control prices, prices were much more stable before this was created, privately owned "for profit" bank Not a part of the govt, allowed to write checks out to the govt. "out of thin air" and then the govt. must pay back plus interest? | Federal Reserve System |
| What is the TSA and why do some consider it controversial or even frightening? | Despite the controversy over whether they pose a health risk, the Transportation Security Administration says it may purchase even more airport scanners that emit radiation to check passengers. |
| Bigger better more expensive guns meant decline in personal and individual econonic freedom, this is the rise of the ? govt? | Totalitarian |
| Less people were needed to complete a task when they had these? | Personal computers |
| Most efficient and cost effective way to make money? | Small business run by the family |
| coded messages the government cannot decode, this allows people to live off the grid? | computer cryptography |
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