Bill/Amendment Making
This term means a change or addition to the Constitution
What is an amendment?
This amendment gave black males the right to vote
What is the 15th amendment?
This amendment outlawed the poll tax that kept poor African Americans in the south from voting
These are the events and issues that concern all citizens
What is Public Policy?
A group that shares the same views and tried to influence legislatures to pass policy that favors them
What are Interest Groups?
The president can do this if he does not agree with a bill the legislative branch (Congress) is trying to pass
What is a veto?
This amendment was created because only some states gave suffrage to women
What is the 19th Amendment?
This is another barrier southern states created to make sure white men who could not read and had money could still vote, but African Americans could not
What is the Grandfather Clause?
What is a Labor Union?
This is the most common type of Interest group
What is a Business IG?
This is the primary way an amendment can be proposed
What is 2/3 votes in Congress
This amendment was created because young people (18-20)were upset about being forced to fight in Vietnam when they were not even old enough to vote
What is the 26th amendment?
What is the 23rd Amendment?
This is the most significant long term force in American Politics
What is Public Opinion?
This group tried to control the government by winning elections instead of influencing office holders
What is a Political Party?
This is the primary way an amendment can be ratified
What is 3/4 vote by state legislatures
This Congressional Act was different because it was applied to all U.S. elections by protecting civil rights at the polling place
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This federal law created in 1993 was made to making voter registration easier by allowing motor vehicle agencies to have voter registration as well as mail in registration
The is the Motor Voter Law
Pressuring legislatures and policy makers to create policy that is favorable to interest groups
What is Lobbying?
This group endorses a candidate rather than nominating them
What is an Interest Group?
What is Marbury v. Madison
This was the largest group of people still disenfranchised in 1920 despite the 15th amendment
Who are African Americans?
Double Jeopardy!! This term refers to a citizens trust in their ability to change the government and that they can understand and influence political affairs
What is political efficiency?
This type of Lobbying takes place when IG's try to influence the public to pressure lawmakers instead of talking directly to the lawmaker
What is Indirect Lobbying?
This is the least common type of Interest group
What is a Public Interest Group?