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7 gr ch 9 & 10
7 gr ch 9 & 10 SS review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| referendum | way to approve or reject local laws |
| propaganda | attempt to promote a particular person or idea |
| initiative | way for citizen to propose new laws or state constitutional amendment |
| special interest group | fund a candidate's campaign by forming a Political Action Committee |
| PAC | poliitical action committee |
| political advertisement | give a candidate the chance to attack an opponent without offering a chance to respond |
| polling place | where voting takes place |
| elections | are a two part process involving primary races and general elections |
| straight ticket | voting for all candidates in one political party |
| ballots and returns | taken to the election board to be counted |
| electorate | all of the people who are eligible to vote |
| green power | opposes power of corporations and favors decision making at the grassroots level |
| caucuses and primary elections | what is used to choose convention delegates |
| precinct | where voters cast their ballots at the same voting place |
| Tammany Hall | political machine |
| direct primary | election in which voters choose candidates to represent each party in a general election |
| open primary | voters do not need to declare their party preference in order to vote |
| independent candidates | they get on the state's ballot by petition |
| single issue party | third party formed to promote a social, economic, or moral issue |
| Republicans | have few economic regulations |
| precinct | voting district |
| every even numbered year | when 1/3 of the Senate seats up for election |
| Ross Perot | independent candidate who received 19,742,000 votes in the 1992 election |
| President George Washington | believed that the leaders of a political party might try to use their position to benefit themselves; opposed political parties |
| Anti-Imperialist League | wanted to stop US expansion in the Phillipines |
| Split Ticket Vote | voting for candidates from both parties |
| absentee ballot | way to vote if you are away from your polling place on election day |
| exit polls | way to predict winners of elections before the polls close; polling voters as they leave their polling place |
| apathy | lack of interest; why some people do not vote |
| proposition | proposed new law put on the ballot at the general election |
| soft money | donations given to political parties and not designated for a particular candidate's campaign |
| Political Action Committees | give most of their money to incumbents |
| appointed to high level jobs | trusted supporters of an elected candidate |
| third parties | rarely win election; never won a presidential election |
| plank | individual part of a party's platform |
| delegates | represent state at the party's national convention |
| grassroots level government | neighborhood level |
| closed primary | declared members of a party vote for that party's nominee |
| plurality of vote | states award a party's nomination to the candidate who receives this |
| runoff primary | election between the top two vote getters |
| political party's national committee | delegates from every state |
| political party | association of voters with broad common interests who want to elect candidates who share the same interests |
| constitution | says nothing about political parties |
| Abraham Lincoln | first president from the Republican Party |
| one party system | party and government are nearly the same |
| political machine | strong party organization |
| U. S. citizens | do not have to join a political party |
| plurality | most votes among those running |
| closed primary | what most states hold |
| petition | how independent candidates get on the ballot |
| watchdog party | the party that is out of power |
| ballot | what candidates cast their vote on; list of candidates |
| returns | results of an election |
| state canvassing authority | where the election board sends the returns to be certified |
| initiatives | proposed new laws or state constitutional amendments |
| referendum | how or where a citizen can approve or reject a state or local law |
| recall | when a public official is removed from officw |
| propaganda techniques | used to persuade voters to choose them over other candidates |
| campaigns | funded through public and private monies |
| soft money | donations given to political parties rather than to specific candidates |
| political action committee | groups that donate money to candidates who favor their positions on certain issues |
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