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What is the state of the union address?

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is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of most calendar years on the current condition of the nation.

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What are the 4 characteristics of the State,

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Population
Territory
Sovereign
Government

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Identify the four theories of the Origin of the states

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  1. Force Theory
  2. Evolutionary Theory
  3. Divine Right Theory
  4. Social Contract Theory
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What is force theory?

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This theory suggests that a small group of people or person took control of the person/ group that had control over a population by force

Ex: Holocaust

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What is evolutionary Theory?

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The state developed naturally out of the early family groups

Ex: The Native Americans tribes

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What is the Divine Right Theory

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God created the states and gave those of royal birth the “divine right” to rule

Ex: “In god we trust” in our American currency to show that the government believes we come from “god.”

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What is social contract theory?

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People agreed to give up as much as needed freedom to create a state that provided safety and well-being for all

Ex: American constitution and our government

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In politics, what does the term “grassrootss campaign” means?

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It’s a self-organized local-level efforts to encourage other members of the community to participate in activities

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What is the significance of Iowa Caucus?

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They have nation status of who would select the U.S presidential candidate

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What is the difference between a primary and a caucus

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Primary- You vote and leave
Caucus- Less formal, public sorting and you have to engage your neighbors to get your side
ex. Iowa

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What’s the significance of “Super Tuesday”?

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A day during the presidential primary, during which the greatest number of states hold their primaries and caucus.

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What’s the difference b/t a primary election and a general election?

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In a primary election is an intra party election, meaning election is occurring within the political party to select nominees for the upcoming general election

The General Election is an inter party election, meaning occurring between political parties. Ds vs Rs

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-What’s the difference b/t an open primary and a closed primary?

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Close- Only registered party members can vote
Open- anyone can vote regardless of registration

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Which kind of primary does PA have: Open or Closed?

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closed

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participants in a presidential primary are trying to win a specific amount of __________. If you win the most delegates, you earn the Party’s nomination to run in the________ election, against the other Party’s ____________

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  1. Delegates
  2. general
  3. nomination
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At the Party’s National Nominating _________, held in the summer before the Presidential Election, the candidate who won the most _____________ is officially declared the Party’s candidate in the general election (no suspense here, a multi day Party pep rally).

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  1. Convention
  2. delegates
17
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In the Obama documentary the Presidential Primary is shown to last ______ months.

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6+

18
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In reference to selecting a Vice President, which each Party’s nominee has to do prior to the general election, we discussed the concept of ___________________. What does refer to? Some examples?

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  1. Balancing the tickets

It refers to picking a running mate who will help you win more votes by getting diverse voters from around the states and different genders.

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In a Presidential election, not every state is competitive. Competitive states are often referred to as ____________________ or _______________

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  1. Battleground states
  2. Swing states
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While, in very general terms, it is not wrong to say that the US is a democracy. We can be more precise. Specifically, the US Government can best be described as a ______________ _______________

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  1. Federal Republic
21
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In the US, in what sense is our system of government a federal system? Explain this

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We’re federal by having a nation layer and state layer. Citizens pay taxes to the national government

22
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In the US, in what sense is our system of government a republic? Explain this.

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REPUBLIC means that people vote for representatives who then vote for them.

ex. We elect politicians; casey fetterman and scallion

23
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The US does not have a direct democracy or a dictatorship. Explain what a direct democracy is and explain what a dictatorship is.

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In a dictatorship there’s just one leader who has total control over the party and the country

Direct Democracy- a system where all eligibility participates on all matters.

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Explain the difference between a direct democracy and an indirect democracy (a republic).

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In direct democracy- the people vote directly to create the laws, rules and regulations and such

Indirect democracy- the people instead vote to elect a representative, who will then either act directly, or vote with other elected representatives to create the laws, rules and regulations and such.

25
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What is an autocratic?

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Rule by one person

26
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What is an oligarchic

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Rule by a small group of people

27
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What is government?

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They make, enforce, and interpret the laws

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What is the legislative power?

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They makes the law and are congress of the house for 2 years and congress senate for 6 years

29
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What is judicial power?

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They interprets the law and the supreme court serves for life appointment

30
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What is a representative democracy?

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Citizens vote for representatives and the representative makes the laws and rules

31
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Name 3 PA’s representatives at the national level

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  1. Bob Casey Jr -> democrat
  2. Fetterman -> democrat
  3. Representative in the US House -> Mary Gay Scanlon -> democrat
32
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PA’s governor

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Josh Shapiro

33
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The political party of PA’s current governor

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Democratic Party

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