Gopo Unit Ii Test 1

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Political party system in the United States

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Two-party system

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Political party system that often requires coalitions to win elections

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Multi-party system

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All white males gained the right to vote under this President

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Andrew Jackson

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A political party formed to focus on one public policy matter

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Single-issue party

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When a minor party is successful their ideas are often taken over by a ___

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Major party

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A unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council members

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Ward

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Smallest units of election administration

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Precincts

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Function of political parties to ensure that candidates are qualified and of good character

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Bonding Agent Function

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Most of the framers of the Constitution did not trust these

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Political Parties

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National Committee's main focus between Presidential elections

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Raise money and recruit voters

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The Federalists main goal

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Strong central government

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Cause a split in the Democratic Party before the Civil War

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Issue of Slavery

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term used to describe American Government since 1968

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Era of Divided Government

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Main goal/purpose of a political party

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Win elections and control government

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Political party that is based on a comprehensive set of beliefs

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Ideological Party

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Major contributor to the decentralized nature of political parties

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Federalism

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Minimum age to vote

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Law passed to make voter registration easier

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The Motor Voter Law

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Even after the ratification of this Amendment, many tactics were used to deny African -Americans voting rights

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15th Amendment

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Key element of this law was that it applied to all elections held anywhere in the U.S.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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The Justice Departments review of state voting law changes is called

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Preclearance

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About 2 million people can not vote because they are

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in prison

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outlawed discrimination in registration and voting practices and in the workplace

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Characteristics of a nonvoter

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young, unmarried, unskilled

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Elections that consistently have a lower voter turnout

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Primary elections

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Tool once used to keep African Americans from voting in most southern states

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Literacy tests

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Created the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

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Civil Rights Act of 1957

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The single most significant and lasting predictor of how a person will vote

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Party identification

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Region of the U.S. that was allowing women to vote before the 19th Amendment

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West

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The old Confederate states can no longer be referred to as this because the Republican party now has success there

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Solid South

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People who register as this tend to be young and above average in in education, income and job status

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Independents

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The framers purposely left the power to set suffrage qualifications to each ___

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State

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Eliminated the poll tax

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24th Amendment

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A party election in which only registered party members can vote

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Closed Primary

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All states require that ballots be cast in ______

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Secret

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Level of office, new candidate or incumbent, how much money was raised

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Factors affecting how much is spent on campaigns

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Nomination in this way is often used by minor party or independent candidates at the local level

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Petition

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Where voters who live in a precinct go to cast their votes

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Polling Place

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A secret ballot provided at public expense

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Australian Ballot

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A candidate who can do this usually has an advantage in a national election

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Raise the most money

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Has become the most successful way for candidates to raise money from individuals

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The Internet

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Responsible for regulating campaign funding in state and local elections

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States

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Can only raise money from their members if they are branches of business associations, labor unions or professional organizations

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Political Action Committees (PAC's)

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the naming of those who will seek office

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Nomination

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Required that states replace all lever-operated and punch-card devices

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The Help America Vote Act

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Congress has the power to regulate the use of money in these campaigns

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Presidential and Congressional

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a nominating device in which a group of like-minded people meet to select the candidates that they will support

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Caucus

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Struck down some spending limits set by the FECA Amendments of 1974 as a violation of free expression

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Buckley v. Valeo

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Nomination method that became manipulated by party bosses and thus replaced by the direct primary

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Convention method

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Used in states that require an absolute majority rather than a plurality

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Runoff Primary

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Contributions given directly to candidates

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Hard money

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Contributions given to parties or political organizations

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Soft money

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the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of every even-numbered year

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Congressional Elections