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Civcs Voc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To win a presidential election, a candidate must win a majority of these votes. | electoral votes |
| Person already holding a political office | incumbent |
| Meeting of members of a political party to nominate candidates to run for President. | National Convention |
| Formal set of principles and goals held by a political party | platform |
| Election between members of the same party who seek to be selected as their party's candidate | primary |
| Form of communication that tries to spread and promote a certain set of beliefs | propaganda |
| Individual belief in a platform | Plank |
| Corporations and other special interest groups support candidates by contributing money. | PAC |
| Campaign workers go through a neighborhood asking for votes or taking apoll on who people are going to vote for | Canvassing |
| Public backing of a candidate by a group or famous person | Endorsements |
| Place where a person votes | Polls |
| Voting district of an area | Precinct |
| Law started by the people by a petition | Initiative |
| Petition asking for a new law | Proposition |
| Spoken lies to hurt someone | Slander |
| Printed lies to hurt someone | Libel |
| Hired by a special interest group to sway Congressmen's vote | Lobbyists |
| Feeling of not caring | Apathy |
| Two sides of an argument meet with a third party & the third party decides outcome. | Arbitration |
| Two sides of an argument meet with a third party but they decide the outcome. | Meditation |
| To influence in a particular unfair direction | Bias |
| Advisers for the Governor & are elected | Council of State |
| Hired professional administrator runs the day to day operations of gov't. | Council manager |
| Head of a state’s executive branch | Governor |
| Laws passed by legislative group,at the state or national level. | Statues |
| Local or city laws | Ordinances |
| A way for citizens to approve or reject a state or local law by a vote. | Referendum |
| Voting | suffrage |
| An incorporated area adding more land is called | Annexation |
| To increase a minority group voting power by redistricting the electoral map. | Gerrymandering |
| State's highest source of income | Income Tax |
| Largest gov’t division of a state | county |
| State charter for an area officially recognizing the gov’t for the area | Incorporation |
| State legislstive branch | General Assembly |
| Tax on cigarettes, alcohol and gas | Excise Tax |
| To remove an elected offical from office. | Recall Election |
| Federal or state gov't tax is an example of what power? | Concurrent Power |
| Power of the General Assembly | pass laws |
| Receives intergovernmental fund from the federal government. | State government |
| Defines citizenship, due process and equal protection under the law. | 14th amendment |
| Election where the voters determine the candidates | Primary election |
| English document limiting the authority of the king | Magna Carta |
| Election determines the winner of the office. | General Election |
| Main source of income for the national gov't | Income Tax |
| Right to a lawyer | 6th amendment |
| Type of gov't controlled by a small group of people. Example | Communist/Cuba |
| Division of power between the national and state government is called | Federalism |
| Power given to state gov't's to determine graduation standards. | Reserved Powers |
| Who can charge the president with misconduct? | House of Representatives |
| Charging the president with misconduct is called | Impeachmnet |
| Who prepares the budget at the national level? Who approves it? | President/Congress |
| Presidential veto is an example of | Checks and Balances |
| Agency that investigates a kidnapping. | FBI |
| Who approves presidential appointments? | Senate |
| Supreme Court ruled that poor people in criminal cases have the right to a lawyer. | Gideon v Wainwright |
| Supreme Court ruled in Texas v Johnson that Johnson could burn the flag.This protect which right? | 1st amendment |
| Supreme Court case that expanded the power of the national gov't when the court declared that Maryland could not tax the Bank of the U.S. | McCulloch v Maryland |
| Process for changing the constitution | Amending process |
| Supreme Court ruling reinforced the slave owner's power over his slave. | State v Mann |
| Here the delegates write the platform and nominate their candidate. | National Convention |
| Which amendment lowered voting age from 21 to 18? | 26th amendment |
| Males civic duty | Selective Service |
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