1. Congress Public Opinion and Mass Media Elections and Campaigns Policy Foundations of Government 10 20 30 40 50

2. The Leader of the House of Representatives

3. The Speaker of the House

4. Who regulates the broadcast media

5. FCC

6. Term for a voter who is NOT aligned with a political party

7. Independent

8. Who sets the Interest Rate?

9. The FED

10. What theory of government is represented by conquering people?

11. Force Theory

12. To get an advantage during redistricting, political parties using use what tactic?

13. Gerrymandering

14. What is the most important influence in the development of a person’s political attitude?

15. The Family (parents mostly)

16. The 26 th Amendment lowered the voting age to…

17. 18

18. The US Government gets the most money from what specific tax?

19. Individual Income Tax

20. The social contract theory believes government should be controlled by who?

21. The People

22. Name one Expressed Power of Congress

23. LOTS

24. What exists to bridge the gap between the people and the government

25. Interest Groups

26. The First Presidential Primary is held in which state?

27. New Hampshire

28. The War Powers Act took away war powers from who?

29. The President

30. A ‘state’ is a country. What is a nation?

31. A group of people that share common language, religion, history, etc, etc

32. Who confirms all presidential appointments?

33. Senate

34. What Amendment guarantees Freedom of the Press?

35. 1st

36. Describe the difference between a primary and a caucus

37. Caucus is a meeting of party officials whereas a primary holds an actual election

38. The clause that says any national government law trumps a state law

39. Supremacy Clause

40. Identify one specific ‘problem’ with the Articles of Confederation

41. National Government: No President No Judicial Branch No way to enforce laws No way to tax

42. A permanent committee in Congress is known as a ___________

43. Standing Committee

44. What is the best way to measure public opinion?

45. A scientific poll

46. Name two ways that minor parties influence elections

47. 1. Change the outcome of election by taking votes 2. Require major parties to face specific issues that a minor party is raising

48. Money is given from the national government to the state governments through…

49. Grants

50. Which group opposed the ratification of the Constitution?

51. The Anti-Federalist