Question 1

1
2
4
5
6
7
3
1
11
12
13
14
9
8
10
18
19
20
21
16
17
15
25
26
27
28
24
23
22
32
33
34
35
29
30
31
2
Question 1

• This amendment guarantees freedom of the press.
• 1st Amendment

3
Question 2

• This a group with broad common interests who
  organize to win elections.
• Political party

4
Question 3

• This is a broad statement of party beliefs,
  positions, and goals.
• Platform

5
Question 4

• What is the symbol of the Republican Party?
• An Elephant

6
Question 5

• This is a single belief or position that a party
  takes.
• Plank

7
Question 6

• What amendment outlawed the use of a poll tax?
• The 24th Amendment

8
Question 7

• What does the word suffrage refer to?
• The right to vote

9
Question 8

• Give an example of the bandwagon propaganda
  technique.
• Everyone is doing it so you should, too, etc.

10
Question 9

• Name one reason third parties have been largely
  unsuccessful in winning elections in the US.
• Hard to raise , difficulty getting on the
  ballot, etc.

11
Question 10

• What is a voting district called?
• A precinct

12
Question 11

• What amendment allowed women to vote?
• The 19th Amendment

13
Question 12

• How many electoral votes does NC have?
• 15

14
Question 13

• This amendment prevents being denied from voting
  due to race.
• 15th Amendment

15
Question 14

• Give an example of the stacked cards propaganda
  technique.
• Bad things will occur if my opponent wins, etc.

16
Question 15

• What are the 2 types of primary elections.
• Open and closed primaries

17
Question 16

• The Federal Elections Campaign Act created
  public financing. What is that?
• Tax dollars support campaigns

18
Question 17

• This is a group of people who organize around a
  common policy or goal to influence government.
• Special Interest Group

19
Question 18

• Who chooses a partys Vice Presidential
  candidate?
• The Presidential Candidate

20
Question 19

• Name 1 of 3 groups that cannot directly
  contribute to political campaigns.
• Foreigners, Labor Unions businesses

21
Question 20

• Name 3 requirements to vote in NC.
• Registered, 18, 30-day residency, citizenship,
  not a felon in prison.

22
Question 21

• What is directly contacting legislators known as?
• Lobbying

23
Question 22

• What do you call the candidate who is currently
  in office that is seeking reelection?
• The incumbent

24
Question 23

• Name a labor union in the US.
• AFL-CIO, UAW, NEA, NCAE, etc.

25
Question 24

• What state has the most electoral votes?
• CA

26
Question 25

• What agency oversees the public airwaves?
• The FCC

27
Question 26

• What group oversees federal election laws?
• The FEC

28
Question 27

• What are the two types of mass media?
• Electronic and print

29
Question 28

• What party is considered liberal and which is
  conservative?
• A liberal usually is a Democrat conservatives
  are usually Republicans.

30
Question 29

• What is the symbol of the Democratic Party?
• A donkey

31
Question 30

• Name a third party that has run for president.
• Reform, Green, Progressive, Libertarian, etc.

32
Question 31

• For what do the letters NAACP stand?
• National Association for the Advancement of
  Colored People

33
Question 32

• What does it mean to be a moderate?
• Someone who has views on the left and right in
  the middle.

34
Question 33

• What are the people surveyed in a poll called?
• The sample

35
Question 34

• What is the ideas and attitudes of a significant
  number of Americans called?
• Public Opinion

36
Question 35

• What is prior restraint?
• Government censorship of information before it is
  published