Citizenship
This is a participatory member of a political community.
What is a citizen?
This is an organized effort to influence votes before an election.
What is a campaign?
This term refers to the people who live in a district that a government official represents.
What is a constituent?
This is an organized group of individuals who share a particular goal and try to influence public policy.
What is an interest group?
This is a broad word for the various means of mass communication with different audiences. Could be television, radio, newspaper, internet, etc.
What is media?
This amendment was passed in 1868 and was the first official written explanation of American citizenship.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This is one way a citizen can communicate with their elected officials. (multiple answers)
What is a direct meeting, a letter, a phone call, an email, or a petition?
This type of democracy allows citizens to elect officials as their government leaders rather than voting on every issue themselves.
What is representative democracy?
This is an expert paid professional who influences legislators on behalf of their clients (interest groups).
What is a lobbyist?
This is one way the media allows us to communicate with government officials. (multiple answers)
What is email, phone, social media, or text?
This way of gaining American citizenship is categorized as either Jus sanguinis or Jus soli.
What is by birth?
These are the three levels an individual can run for office to acquire governmental power.
What is local, state, and federal?
This refers to how a political party states their goals in a general way to attract voters to that philosophy.
What is a party platform?
This is an organization that raises funds to support the election or defeat of a political candidate. They are subject to fundraising and spending limits, and can only collect money from individuals. They donate directly to campaigns.
What is a PAC?
This is one way the media allows us to be civically engaged, outside of communicating with officials. (multiple answers)
What is liking posts, sharing posts, creating posts, signing online petitions, engaging in online discourse, arranging meetups, gathering information, etc.?
This was of gaining American citizenship is a process that requires the applicant create a petition, complete a test, and take an oath at a ceremony.
What is naturalization?
This term refers to the institutional actions and procedures that are involved with the government carrying out its functions.
What is the public policy process?
This term means that two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. In the United States, these are Democrats and Republicans.
What is a two-party system?
This is an organization that raises funds to support the election or defeat of a political candidate. They are NOT subject to fundraising and spending limits, and can only collect money from any source, including corporations. They cannot donate directly to campaigns.
What is a Super PAC?
DAILY DOUBLE: What is Mrs. Fogle's favorite sports team?
What is the University of Kentucky Wildcats?
American citizenship can be lost in a number of ways. This specific way means that the individual betrayed their country or tried to overthrow the government.
What is treason?
This phrase, mentioned in the Crash Course video, refers to a collective effort aimed at increasing the voter turnout in elections. Similar to campaigns, citizens can participate in this effort as a way to engage with their government through methods like door-knocking or distributing campaign literature.
What is "get out the vote"?
This term that we learned in the Crash Course video is a type of election in which members of the same party compete against each other for the role of party candidate in the upcoming general election, where they will then compete against the opposite party for votes. Can be open or closed.
What is a primary?
This court case determined that Super PACs are legal and protected under the First Amendment right to free speech. Reaffirmed the idea of corporate personhood, that corporations can be protected by the same rights as people.
What is Citizens United v. Federal Election Committee?
This term refers to government information and services available over the Internet.
What is E-Government?