1. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Vocabulary Political Parties Becoming President Political Participation Voting Amendments

2. A group of citizens with similar views on some political issues who work together to put their ideas into effective government action

3. Political Party

4. the individual ideas that are going to be carried out to reach the goal in the party’s platform.

5. Planks

6. information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

7. Propaganda

8. A struggle by a social class to gain the right to vote

9. Suffrage

10. people who work together to support a cause and/or impact public policy.

11. Interest Groups

12. The United States’ political system is called this term, referring to the number of main parties

13. Two party System

14. This party is considered to be more “conservative” and favors laissez-faire style of government

15. Republican

16. This party is considered to be more “liberal” and favors more regulation of businesses, but less involvement of the government in private lives.

17. Democrat

18. The Libertarian Party, The Green Party, and The Socialist Party are all examples of….

19. Third Parties

20. This is a statement of the party’s views and policies on important issues; it generally a broad statement and not specific.

21. Platform

22. According to the U.S. Constitution, what are the three requirements for becoming President?

23. - Native Born citizen - Resident of U.S. for 14 years - At least 35 years old

24. 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…

25. - Primary Elections (Don’t forget, some states use a caucus instead of a primary election.)

26. This group of people get together and actually vote for the President; the President is not elected through a popular vote

27. Electoral College

28. This is the term applied to the election when all people, regardless of their political party, get to vote for President.

29. General Election

30. What happens at a Political Party’s National Convention?

31. Each Party selects the person who will run for President and Vice-President

32. As far as political participation goes, this means the act of showing disapproval or disagreement with something.

33. Protesting

34. As far as political participation goes, this means appealing to the government for change or other specific action

35. Petitioning

36. As far as political participation goes, a __________ is a group of people who work together to support a cause and/or impact public policy.

37. Special Interest Group

38. 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.

39. Buycotting

40. 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

41. Boycotting

42. This Amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States…

43. 19 th Amendment

44. This Amendment ended slavery

45. 13 th Amendment

46. This Amendment gave citizenship to all persons who used to be slaves.

47. 14 th Amendment

48. This Amendment gave the right to vote to all persons who are at least 18 years of age.

49. 26 th Amendment

50. The 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendments, together, are referred to by this collective term

51. The Reconstruction Amendments

52. Final Jeopardy

53. Political Parties Category:

54. 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)?

55. -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)