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Unit 6 Government
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A political party is a group of people with broad common interests who organize to win______,control_______, and influence government | Elections and Government |
| In a multiparty system, several parties often combine to form a what? | Coalition |
| A _____ party forms what a group splits off from a major party to support an alternative candidate for president. | Splinter |
| The basic local unit of a party is the _____, a district ranging in size from a few to more than 1,000 voters;several adjoining precints make up a _________ | Precinct and Ward |
| The national party organization has two components: the national _______ and the national______ | Covention and Committee |
| A direct______ is an election in which voters select candidates to run in the general election | Primary |
| In a _________ only registered members of a political party can vote for that party's candidates | Closed Primary |
| A _______ is a written statement of the party's principles, its position on vital issues, and its approach to those issues | Platform |
| When disputes arise over_____, individual parts of the party's written statment, party leaders must work out a compromis position for the party to adopt | Planks |
| What two forms of governments make up a single party sytem? | Authoritarion Governments and Theocracy |
| What three forms of governments make up a Multipary system | many different ideologies, coalition governments, politically unstable |
| What two forms og governemtn make up a Two-Party system? | single issue party, splinter party |
| By the end of George Washington's second term what were the two political parties that had arisen? | Federalists, and Democratic-Republicans |
| What year did the Federalists loose power? | 1796 |
| What kind of government did the federalists favor? | Strong Central Government |
| What kind of government did the Democratic-Republicans favor? | Weak central government |
| The democratic-Republican party split into what two parties? | Democrats and National republicans/whigs |
| in the 1850s many members joined a new party opposing slavery. What was this party called? | Republican Party |
| What are the four ways candidates can seek nomination? | Petition, Primary Election, Caucus, no0minating Convention |
| What is the main purpose of a national convention? | select the president and vice president candidates for the upcomming election |
| What are the six roles of a national political party? | Educate the public, dispense patronage, operate the government, act as the watch dog over the other party, reduce conflict |
| _______ Comittees are organizations designed to support political candidates with campagins contributions | Political Action |
| The term_____ money refers to general purpose funds not desgnated to a particular candidate | Soft |
| To thwart the Fifteenth Amendment, many Southern States set up poll____ and _____tests | Poll tax literacy tests |
| African Americans could not qualify for the _____ clause, an exemption to state voting requirments, because they did not have voting rights before 1867 | Grandfather Clause |
| The _______ Act of 1965 allowed the federal government to register voters in districts where local officials appeared to be discrimminating | Voting Rights |
| Full____ sufferage was achieved in 1920 with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment | Woman's sufferage |
| In 1971 the twenty-sixth Amendment lowered the voting age from ____ to ____ | 21 to 18 |
| ______ Voters are those who are not registered members of any political party | Independent |
| The use of patriotic symbols and celebrity endorsements are examples of _______ | Propaganda |
| Every state but one requires voters to ______, officially record their names with local election boards before an election | Register |
| Name three factors that influence a voters decision in personal background | Age, education, their job |
| Name two factor that influence a voters decision in Party loyalty | Lifelong democrat, independent voter |
| Name three factors that influence a voters decision in Campagin issues | Gun control, women's rights, unemployment |
| Name two factors that influence a voters decision on the candidate's Image | Pleasing Apperance, effective speaking styles |
| Name two factors that influence a voters decision with propaganda? | Movie Star endorsements, United States Flag |
| What are some qualificatiopns to vote in all states? | cannot be legally insane, must be a United States citizens, must be 18, cannot be a convicted felon |
| What are some qualifications to vote in some states? | must register to vote with the appropriate government, must be a legal resident of the state for a certain period of time |
| What are some not qualifications to vote by any states? | must pay income tax, must own property, must pass literacy test |
| What are are some reason that an absentee ballot is cast in all states? | voter is hospitalized, out of town, has a disability or illness, religious observances, bad weather, awaiting trial on election day |
| A candidate must win 270 of 538 electoral votes | Campagin manager and state and local party chairpersons plan strategy for key states |
| Voter must be informed of candidates stand on issues | millions are spent on rallies and advertising |
| in 1979, party officials complained to congress that finance legislation made fundrasing difficult | Congress allows unlimited donations for general purposes |
| Th poll tax prevented thousands of African Americans from voting in national elections | 24th amendment |
| Untill the 1970s large campagin contributions led to charges of imporper behavior | Candidates, PACs and political parties must record and report contributions over $100 |
| After a consitutional amendment guaranteed Aftrcan american voting rights some southern states used a grandfather clause to discourage these voters | 15th amendment |
| in the 1960s may argued that if 18 was old enough to be drafted it was old enough to vote | 26th amendment |
| Public Interest group | oragization which seeks policy goals that will benefit the general welfare |
| oragization which seeks policy goals that will benefit the general welfare | Public Interest group |
| Lobbyists | individuals who try to influence public policy throughout direct contact with government officials |
| individuals who try to influence public policy throughout direct contact with government officials | Lobbyists |
| Affiliated PAC | PACs with ties to coorporations, unions, and trae groups |
| PACs with ties to coorporations, unions, and trae groups | Affiliated PAC |
| Independent PAC | a group interested in a particular cause sets up this kind of PAC |
| a group interested in a particular cause sets up this kind of PAC | Independent PAC |
| Public Opnion | ideas and attitudes about government and political issues |
| ideas and attitudes about government and political issues | Public Opnion |
| Ideology | a set of basic beliefs about government and society |
| a set of basic beliefs about government and society | Ideology |
| Liberal | a belif that the national government should actively help individuals and communitiess |
| a belif that the national government should actively help individuals and communitiess | Liberal |
| Representative Sample | a small group typical of the larger group whose opnion is being mesured |
| a small group typical of the larger group whose opnion is being mesured | Representative Sample |
| Random sampling | Insures that every person in the poll's universe has an equal chance of being selected |
| Insures that every person in the poll's universe has an equal chance of being selected | Random sampling |
| Universe | the large group whose opnion is being measured in a poll |
| the large group whose opnion is being measured in a poll | Universe |
| Name three affiliated PACs | National association of manufacturers, chamber of commerce, committee on political information |
| name three independent PACs | Sierra Club, common cause, national wildlife federation |
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