Unit 3 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Two Party System

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Democratic and Rebublican

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Democratic Party

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Symbol is a donkey,
Liberal

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Republican

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Symbol is an elephant
Conservative

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Nominate

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To put suggest or put someone up for a voting circumstance/ vote for someone

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Campaign

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To run for something/ what you use to run for something

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Political Party

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A political group with certain beliefs and goals

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Ideology

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A system of ideas and beliefs

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Third parties

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Introduce new ideas,
press for a particular issue,
take votes away from the two major parties

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Political Platform

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Set of goals

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Election

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a formal vote of a person

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Political Spectrum

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Clasifies political standpoints

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Public policy

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What social policies are based on

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13
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Conservitive

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Republican

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Liberal

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Democratic

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Moderate

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Someone in the middle, not on one side or the other

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Media

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A way of communicating

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Editorial

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a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor’s opinion

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Op-ed

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“Opposite the editorial page” written by newspaper or magazine

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Bias

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in favor of one thing

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PAC

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Political action committees ( up to $5,000)

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Super PAC

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Organizations that can raise unlimited funds, but can’t give directly to the candidate

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Citizen United v Federal Election Commission

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Prompted the creation of PACs and Super PACs

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15th Amendment

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Granted African Americans the right to vote

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19th Amendment

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Granted woman the right to vote

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23rd amendment
Granted the D.C. citizens the right to vote
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24th amendment
abolished voting tax
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26th amendment
reduced voting age to 18
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Outlined strict rules to allow African Americans to use the right to vote
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What are the qualifications to register to vote
Be a citizen of the US Resident of VA At least 18 years of age
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Electoral College
Officially decides Presidential election (winner takes all)
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Electors based on…
Each states congressional representation
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Winner take all system
awards all elections to the winning presidential candidate