Public Opinion Interest Groups Today’s Political Parties Bill of Rights Constitutional Principles

-Generic term for what the majority of the public may believe about an issue, but it can be very misleading as a majority may represent only 51%. Row Question

-public opinion Row Answer

-This is a term for television, radio, newspapers, and magazines that influence opinion. Row Question

-mass media Row Answer

-This term represents how we attempt to measure the opinion of the public? Row Question

-public opinion poll Row Answer

-This term describes how we try to measure the public’s opinion in a fair and consistent manner to get the best results? Row Question

-random sample Row Answer

-Term for a group of people with similar beliefs about an issue. Row Question

-interest group Row Answer

-Term that refers to a person is has already formed an opinion or listens only to one side. Row Question

-biased Row Answer

-This term refers to a person who has not made a decision and is willing to listen to all sides of an issue. Row Question

-impartial Row Answer

Row Question -This is the act of trying to influence legislators to support a certain issue.

-lobbying Row Answer

Row Question -Name an interest group that represents a particular group of people?

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-Name an interest group that represents a particular interest or cause? Row Question

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-Name one way in which parties help keep citizens informed? Row Question

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-Name one way in which parties help keep citizens informed? Row Question

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-This term describes a movement that is begun by common people? Row Question

-grassroots movement Row Answer

-These are elections are do not allow the use of political parties---usually for position that are seen as non-political such as school boards? Row Question

-non-partisan elections Row Answer

-Name one reason why parties are weaker today than in the past? Row Question

-less loyalty, non- partisan elections, mass media influences Row Answer

-Name the concept that all three branches of government are designed so that they have the ability to stop other branches from becoming abusive? Row Question

-checks and balances Row Answer

-This term means that people have the right to rule themselves through the democratic process of voting? Row Question

-popular sovereignty Row Answer

-What term describes the system of having multiple governments on the national, state, and local levels? Row Question

-federalism Row Answer

-These are powers that are shared by all levels of government such as the power to tax, pass laws, and enforce laws? Row Question

-concurrent powers Row Answer

-These are powers that are only given to the states such as education, marriage laws, zoning regulations? Row Question

-reserved powers Row Answer

-List all five parts of the 1st Amendment? Row Question

-speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition Row Answer

-What right does the 2nd protect? Row Question

-right to bear arms Row Answer

-The 5th describes this power of the government to take land from citizens when needed for public benefit as long as the citizen is compensated. Row Question

-eminent domain Row Answer

-This right says that all citizens are guaranteed fair treatment by the government? Row Question

-due process Row Answer

-This is the right of all citizens to not be charged with the same crime after they have been acquitted by a jury of that same crime. Row Question

-double jeopardy Row Answer