Citizenship and Systems of Government
Responsibilities.
A main platform point of this political party is to cut taxes for lower income families, and fund assistance programs by increasing taxes on the wealthy.
What is the Democratic Party?
You must be this age to qualify for Governor of Florida.
What is 30 years old?
This foreign policy tool is the practice of managing communication and relationships between nations. Two or more countries usually work to maintain or establish peace treaties and build relationships during this practice.
What is diplomacy?
This type of government has a royal blood, also known as a line of succession. A king or a queen usually led this type of government.
What is a monarchy?
These are the two tests needed to pass in order to become a naturalized citizen.
What are civics and English literacy tests?
A criticism of these types of groups are that they donate large amounts of money to elected officials and may influence their policy making too much.
What are Political Action Committees (PACs)?
These are the two roles in the US Government that naturalized citizens cannot hold.
What are President and Vice President?
These programs are devoted to helping victims of human-made and natural disasters. Most of this aid goes to refugees from conflicts, floods, droughts, and other immediate threats to life
What are humanitarian efforts (or humanitarian assistance)?
This is the type of government and economy where the government owns the means of production and income equality is a goal.
What is socialism?
The three ways to become a US Citizen are by naturalization and these 2 'laws'.
What are law of blood and soil?
Many Founding Fathers thought that America should avoid these. George Washington called them in his farewell address, "cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government.."
What are political parties?
What are Electoral Votes?
A main foreign policy goal of the United States during the Cold War was to stop the spread of ______.
What is communism?
This international organization ensures that trade negotiations around the world are fair and without unnecessary barriers.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
Without this system in place, there may not be enough soldiers to defend the nation in time of war. (Hint: This is one of 4 citizen obligations)
What is the Selective Service?
These are organized groups whose members share a common goal and try to promote their interests by influencing government policymaking and decision making
This is the term for the votes directly placed by the citizens during a presidential election. These votes then count towards the electors, who then place their votes for the President.
What is the popular vote?
This proxy war, during the Cold War, was in Southeast Asia from 1955-1975. The United States was neutral and only providing aid to allies until a US Destroyer was attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin.
What is the Vietnam War?
This international organization main purpose is to keep peace and develop friendly relations around the world. It consists of nearly every country in the world.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This type of government is led by religious leaders and there is a state-sponsored (official) religion.
What is a theocracy?
The process of gathering signatures to promote a change to the government, running for office, proposing a new law, or protesting is called this.
What is petitioning?
The 24th Amendment eliminated these from all federal elections, removing a barrier for low-income and several African American citizens.
What are poll taxes?
Neutrality prior to World War I and II, humanitarian efforts after a tsunami, and eliminating terrorism around the world are examples of __________.(2 words)
What is foreign policy?
The United States got involved in this conflict with the goals of removing Saddam Hussein and searching for concealed weapons of mass destruction.
What is the Iraq War (or Second Gulf War)?