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Civics test vocab
Civics vocab chapter 22
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a political party | an organization of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office |
| How do parties help the government? | select candidates for public offices, set goals for government, and provide leadership to reach goals |
| How do parties act as watchdogs? | parties try to keep close watch of other parties because they are eager to report any wrongdoing or broken promises to use against them during elections |
| how do parties help citizens? | they help make the citizens voices be heard, and provide ways for citizens to participate |
| informing citizens | they inform citizens by sending out mail, newspapers, radio and television. go door-to-door handing out info and asking people which candidate they support (called to canvass |
| how do candidates involve citizens | volunteers write letters and pamphlets and send them to voters, raise money and hold events for candidates to come meet voters |
| history of politics | first political party was the federalists, wanted strong national government, had support of merchants and bankers. |
| Who was the rival of the federalists? | the democratic-republican party, led by Thomas Jefferson, supported power of individual states. became known as democratic party in 1828 |
| what was the Whig party | a party that came after the democratic-republican party in 1834. Whigs and democrats became rivals until early 1850's. Whig party was replaced republican. Abraham Lincoln the first republican president |
| 3rd party candidates | can sometimes change the whole outcome of an election, by drawing votes from a main party |
| different kind of primaries | direct primaries, closed primaries, and open primaries |
| direct primaries | an election in which members of a an election in which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party |
| closed primary | a primary in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that parties primary |
| open primary | voters do not need to declare a party before voting, but they may vote in only one part's primary. |
| caucus | a meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates. |
| what are conventions | elections where delegates debate and discuss candidates after listening to speeches |
| how are delegates chosen? | almost all delegates are "pledged" to the candidates. delegates are people who actually nominate the candidats |
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