Government
Policy
Elections
Media
Documents
100
A type of government where the people vote and have the number one say in what is on the policy agenda
What is democracy?
100
The issues at the top of the governments list to address.
What is policy agenda?
100
A group of people with shared concerns within a political party or larger organization.
What is caucus?
100
Newspapers or magazines
What is print media?
100
These were written before the Bill of Rights and failed miserably, proving that states needed more rights.
What is Articles of Confederation?
200
The majority of people get the say in the government.
What is majority rules?
200
The difficulty to pass laws and satisfy people's needs.
What is policy gridlock?
200
A proposed system in the United States when all primaries ( or most) are held on the same day.
What is national primary?
200
All the media in which information is shared.
What is mass media?
200
The first 10 amendments to the constitution that outline civil liberties.
What is Bill of Rights?
300
The candidate who wins the most votes wins ALL the delegates at stake.
What is winner takes all system?
300
Attitudes and practices held by the people that shape their political beliefs and behaviors.
What is political culture?
300
A primary when you do not have to register with a certain party to vote.
What is open primary?
300
How technology shapes politics and the increasingly crucial role that technology is taking on politics.
What is high-tech politics?
300
A clause outlining that treaties and the constitution are the supreme law of the land.
What is the supremacy clause?
400
The government gets all of its power from the people.
What is consent of the governd?
400
Congress, the presidency, and the courts.
What is policymaking institutions?
400
A primary where you MUST register with a certain political party in order to vote.
What is closed primary?
400
Reporting exclusively on one single issue in depth.
What is narrowcasting?
400
Papers outlining our independence from Great Britain on July 4th 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
The government system when the national government and state governments have shared power.
What is federalism?
500
How a policy effects the people.
What is policy impacts?
500
The official endorsement of a candidate by a political party.
What is nomination?
500
When a reporter researches a single topic in depth and reports on it to the public.
What is investigative journalism?
500
The fundamental law of the land for the Unitied States.
What is the US Constitution?
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