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Concept where voter doesn’t vote for every single race on the ballot

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Ballot fatigue

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Amendment where women can vote

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19th

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Acronym for the most powerful interest group in US

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NRA (National Rifle Association)

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Major political party that existed many years ago and was against the democrats

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Whigs

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President who created social security

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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President who resigned because of watergate

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Nixon

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Term used for people who don’t vote

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Idiot

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Atheists tend to be more _______

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Liberal

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Age people develop political views

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12-14

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What color is associated with Republicans and Democrats?

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Republicans: Red
Democrats: Blue

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Man who made mascots for the republican and democratic parties

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Thomas Nash

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What party ended slavery?

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Republicans under president Lincoln’s office

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Someone who likes lower taxes

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Fiscal conservative

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How much money can a super PACC spend on their own without specifically saying to vote for a candidate?

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Unlimited

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Where do you file sunshine reports?

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The FDC

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What’s the latest you can register to vote

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The day of

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How are house candidates voted?

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Single member system

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What is the right to vote called?

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Suffrage

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Which part of the country is conservative?

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The south

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Republican president that’s very environmentally friendly

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Democratic president that was impeached

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Clinton

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Less spending and more freedom

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Libertarian

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Acronym for old people party

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AARP

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Amendment that gives blacks the right to vote

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15

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Country that came up with a secret ballot

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Australia

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Process of shaping ones ideas and attitudes about government

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Political socialization

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The collection of one’s political ideas and views

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Political ideology

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What are the left wing categories

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Anarchism
Communism
Socialism
Liberalism

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What are the right wing categories

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Fascism
Nazism
Monarchism
Conservatism

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What do left wing liberals like?

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Pro choice
Progress
Hate tradition
Like government

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What are conservatives more in favor of?

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Less government
Like tradition
More tough on crime/protection
Pro life

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What are social issues?

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Marriage and abortion

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What are fiscal issues?

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Taxes, jobs, environment

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Which gender is more conservative towards military?

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Men

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Young people on economic issues tend to be more _____

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Liberal

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Poor people on fiscal issues tend to be more ______

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Liberal

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If you’re married and have a ton of kids you’re probably ______

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Conservative

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Aftican Americans are more _______

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Liberal

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Mormons are very ________

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Conservative

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Catholics are usually ______

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Conservative

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Jews are ______

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Liberal

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Cities are ______

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Liberal

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Countries are ______

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Conservative

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Suburbs are ______

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A mix of liberal and conservative

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Northeast America is _______

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Liberal (NY, RI, ME)

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ID, MT, UT is _____

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Conservative

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Midwest America (OH, WI, MI) is _____

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A mix

48
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Over time the US has become more ______

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Polarized

49
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What are citizen opinion leaders

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People who find out info on everything (politicians, political issues, ext.) and express their opinions

50
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How would you canvass with brochures?

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Door to door but only works in small areas

51
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What are house parties

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Parties where the candidate talks to everyone and gains support

52
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What is a lit drop

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When you deliver literature to the voters

53
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When you are ahead in the public polls you are less likely to ______

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Agree to a public debate

54
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What are campaign finance disclosure laws?

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Laws saying that each campaign has to report their financial reports to the FEC (federal election committee)

55
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How much money can a campaign receive from an individual person?

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$2,600

56
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What is a PAC?

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Political action committee

57
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How much can a political action committee spend?

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$5000

58
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Case where Congress tried to limit how much you can spend in political advertising but was ruled unconstitutional

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Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

59
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Who are the right wing super PACs?

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Charles & David Koch
Richard and Bill Marriott
Sheldon Adelson
Frank VanderSloot

60
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Who are Charles and David Koch?

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Right wing super PACs that are oil rich

61
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Who is Richard and Bill Marriott?

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Right wing super PACs that own hotels

62
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Who are the left wing super PACs?

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George Soros
Warren Buffet
Jeffery Katzenberg
Peter Lewis (dead)

63
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Who is Warren Buffet?

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A left wing super PAC who owns Dairy Queen

64
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Who is Peter Lewis

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Left wing super PAC who owns progressive

65
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Who is Jeffery Katzenberg?

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Left wing super PAC who owns dreamworks

66
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The media is typically _____ wing

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Left

67
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Fox news is very _______

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Conservative

68
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Presidential candidates spend most of their time in _____

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Swing states

69
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Latinos are ______

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Democratic

70
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A promise a candidate says to change something

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Mandate

71
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A group of people with common interests

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Interest groups

72
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Full time professionals that work for interest groups and make friends with politicians to talk about laws

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Lobbiests

73
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Biggest teacher labor union

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NEA (National Education Association)

74
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Very big groups that typically support democrats

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Labor unions

75
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Contribute lots of money to republicans because they tend to lower taxes; biggest contributors

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Business interest groups

76
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What is the most influential business group

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IACL (Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry)

77
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American Civil Liberties Union are _____

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Liberal and don’t like guns

78
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When was the voting rights act signed

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1965

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What was the 24th amendment

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Got rid of the literacy test

80
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What was the 26th amendment

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People can vote at 18

81
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Voter registration requirements

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Be a US citizen
Have residency in the state your voting in
No present felonies

82
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What are absentee ballots?

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Ballots that are mailed to you

83
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What is a referendum

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Proposed law on ballet put there by legislature

84
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What is the primary election

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Contest between candidates of the same party

85
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What is a closed primary

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Openly declare what party you are

86
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The sense that you could make a difference

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Political efficacy

87
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What year did the Republican Party start?

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1860

88
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What were the very first political parties?

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Federalists and antifederalists (democratic)

89
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Who was a famous federalist?

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John Adams

90
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Federalists typically had ______

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Land and were bankers

91
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Who was a famous democrat?

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Thomas Jefferson

92
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Democrats were ______

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Townspeople

93
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The Federalist Party _____

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Died first and then the Whigs came in

94
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What year was Lincoln elected president

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1860

95
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What are liberals

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Support expansion of government services

96
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Who created Medicare and Medicaid

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Johnson (D)

97
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Who limited welfare

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Clinton (D)

98
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Franklin D Roosevelt (D) fought what war?

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WWII

99
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Wilson (D) fought what war?

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WWI

100
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What president dropped bombs on Hiroshima?

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Harry Truman (D)

101
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Which president sent troops to Vietnam?

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Kennedy (D)

102
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Which president was an environmentalist and created the national park system

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Teddy Roosevelt (R)

103
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Which president ended the Cold War?

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Ronald Reagan (R)

104
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Which president was tough on communism?

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Eisenhower (R)

105
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Which president was tough on communism during the Cold War?

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Richard Nixon (R)

106
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Which president responded to Iraq attaching Kuwait

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George H.W. Bush (R)

107
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Who fought Afghanistan and Iraq?

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George W. Bush

108
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Tea party was in what bigger party?

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Republican

109
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When was the socialist party popular?

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1800

110
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Who made the splinter party?

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Teddy Roosevelt in 1912 (it came off the Republican Party)

111
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Who was Ross Perot

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He was an independent running against Clinton and Bush in 1992

112
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What are proportional systems

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Where a government has a republican, democrat, and any other member of party

113
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When different parties work together

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Coalition

114
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When you draw the lines for districts in such a way that your political party will win

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Gerrymandering

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