A person who is born to parents that are U.S. citizens are also citizens based upon this.
What is "law of blood"?
100
This is the party system in the United States.
What is a two-party system?
100
This refers to newspapers, magazines, television, and the internet where many people get information.
What is the media or mass media?
100
This direct democracy document was written and signed by the Pilgrims in Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
100
Complaints--especially against the government
What are grievances?
200
A legal resident alien may become a citizen through this process.
What is naturalization?
200
These are the two major political parties in the U.S.
What is Democrat and Republican?
200
This term means providing one point of view or favoring one side over another.
What is biased?
200
This persuasive pamphlet was read by many colonists in the 1770's.
What is Common Sense?
200
The First Amendment Freedoms or Basic Rights
What are: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom to Petition the Government?
300
This is the term for something that citizens are required to do.
What is a duty or an obligation?
300
This is where a party's or a candidate's goals, beliefs, and stand on the issues can be found.
What is a political platform?
300
This is the use of strategies by the media in order to persuade the public in some way.
What is propaganda?
300
This is the main purpose of the Magna Carta.
What is: to limit the king's power or to limit government?
300
His ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances are used in the Constitution.
Who is Montesquieu?
400
These are two responsibilities of citizens.
What is voting, running for office, attend civic meetings, community service, petitioning the government?
400
This party is known as "conservative" or "right-leaning".
What is Republican?
400
This is what a lobbyist does for an interest group.
What is: try to persuade members of congress to pass laws that will help their interest group?
400
The group of delegates who debated whether to remain loyal to Great Britain or to declare independence from them.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
400
The Declaration states that"....among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
What are inalienable or unalienable rights?
500
These are three obligations of citizens.
What is obey the law, pay taxes, jury duty, and defend the country?
500
This party tends to want government to be more involved in peoples' lives by funding more education and public programs.
What is Democratic?
500
This is the term for items in the media that people are not only talking about, but want something to be done about.
What is the public agenda?
500
These are two Enlightenment ideas from John Locke that strongly influenced Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
What is the social contract and natural rights?
500
The decision that Congress would be bicameral, and that the Senate would have 2 representatives from each state and the House would have representation based upon the state's population.