The Return of the Vocabulary!
Foreign born residents who have not become citizens, who generally cannot vote
What is an alien?
This was done to discourage Black people from voting in elections, once they had the right to vote, by forcing them to pay to vote.
What is a Poll Tax?
This is the limit to what an individual can donate to a particular Political Action Committee.
What is $5,000?
This is the amount of the President's expense account.
What is $50,000?
This is the current debt of the United States, in the trillions.
What is $29 Trillion?
A group of like minded people who meet to select the candidates they will support in the next election
What is a Caucus?
In this year, women were voted the right to vote.
What is 1920?
This type of funding is nearly unlimited in a political election.
What is soft money?
If you are luck in life, you might be invited to visit this presidential resort where you can relax while being protected by the Secret Service.
What is Camp David?
During the Pandemic, over 420,000 small businesses closed. This is a challenge to the economy because small businesses employ, roughly, this percentage of Americans.
What is 50%?
The naming of those that will seek office
What is a Nomination?
There are five restrictions on states in terms of voting requirements. One of them is that if you can vote for one election....
What is, You can vote for all?
Susan wanted to contribute the maximum amount she could directly to her four favorite candidates running in the upcoming election. How much would she be spending in total?
What is $10,000?
You are the Secretary of the Treasury. You were just told that you are now the President of the United States due to a series of assassinations. That means this office holder was just assassinated.
What is the Secretary of State?
This was the debt President George Washington had to deal with when he became the first President of the United States.
What is $25 million dollars?
People may vote in a party’s primary only if they are registered to vote prior to Election Day`
What is a Closed Primary?
This was the effect of the 26th Amendment.
What is Lowering the age to vote to 18?
This is the limit to how much an individual can donate to a particular political candidate per election cycle.
What is $2,500?
You are an assassin planning on causing chaos in the United States. You know the Secretary of State is an imbecile. How many people would have to be killed, almost all in a short amount of time, for the Secretary of State to be the President?
What is 4 people?
This is the foreign policy adopted by President Washington after having to decide whether to get involved with the French Revolution.
What is "Isolationism"?
An intra-party election, or a election held within
What is a Direct Primary?
This Amendment stated that, The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Polling places are locations where people go to individually vote. Those polling places are set within this section, or a political zip code.
What is a precinct?
You were appointed the Secretary General of the United States by the President. In a post apocalyptic scenario, nearly everyone ahead of you in succession to the Presidency has just died. In fact, the person before you is about to be sworn in. This person's cabinet office was what?
What is Secretary of Defense?
While unemployment during the 2020's pandemic was less than 10%. The number of people who could work and didn't have a job was 56%. That percentage is called what?
What is Real Unemployment?