Transcript Unit 9 Jeopardy: Media Influence and Political Participation

Vocabulary
Political
Parties
Becoming
President
Political
Participation
Voting
Amendments
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A group of citizens with similar
views on some political issues who
work together to put their ideas into
effective government action
Political Party
the individual ideas that are
going to be carried out to reach
the goal in the party’s platform.
Planks
information, ideas, or
rumors deliberately
spread widely to help or
harm a person, group,
movement, institution,
nation, etc.
Propaganda
A struggle by a
social class to gain
the right to vote
Suffrage
people who work together to
support a cause and/or impact
public policy.
Interest Groups
The United States’ political
system is called this term,
referring to the number of
main parties
Two party System
This party is considered to
be more “conservative” and
favors laissez-faire style
of government
Republican
This party is considered to be
more “liberal” and favors more
regulation of businesses, but
less involvement of the
government in private lives.
Democrat
The Libertarian Party,
The Green Party, and
The Socialist Party are
all examples of….
Third Parties
This is a statement of the
party’s views and policies on
important issues; it generally
a broad statement and not
specific.
Platform
According to the U.S.
Constitution, what are the
three requirements for
becoming President?
- Native Born citizen
- Resident of U.S. for 14 years
- At least 35 years old
The first step of
becoming president is
to earn the support of
your party; this process
is done through voting
in this type of election…
- Primary Elections
(Don’t forget, some
states use a caucus
instead of a primary
election.)
This group of people get
together and actually vote for
the President; the President
is not elected through a
popular vote
Electoral College
This is the term applied
to the election when all
people, regardless of
their political party, get
to vote for President.
General Election
What happens at a Political
Party’s National Convention?
Each Party selects
the person who will
run for President
and Vice-President
As far as political participation
goes, this means the act of showing
disapproval or disagreement with
something.
Protesting
As far as political participation
goes, this means appealing to the
government for change or other
specific action
Petitioning
As far as political participation
goes, a __________ is a group
of people who work together
to support a cause and/or
impact public policy.
Special Interest Group
As far as political participation
goes, this means an active campaign
to buy the products or services of a
particular company or country to
show support.
Buycotting
As far as political participation goes,
this means an expression of protest or
disfavor with a person, organization,
company, or country usually for
political reasons by not dealing with or
buying from that entity
Boycotting
This Amendment gave
women the right to
vote in the United
States…
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Amendment
This Amendment ended
slavery
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13
Amendment
This Amendment gave
citizenship to all persons
who used to be slaves.
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14
Amendment
This Amendment gave
the right to vote to all
persons who are at least
18 years of age.
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Amendment
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14 ,
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The
and
Amendments, together, are
referred to by this
collective term
The Reconstruction
Amendments
Final
Jeopardy
Category:
Political Parties
In the modern political system,
what are the two areas you can
use to determine the differences
between political parties? (How
do they differ from each other)?
- The role of government in the
day to day lives of its
citizens.
- The level of government that
should have the most power
(local, state, or federal)