Unit 5 Review

Voting

100

This kind of voting considers a candidates past record of performance

retrospective voting

200

This Constitutional Amendment lowered the voting age to 18

26th

300

This feeling in voters may result in them not voting because they feel that their vote doesn't matter

voter apathy

400

This feeling in a voter may cause them not to vote because of a feeling that their interests are not represented by candidates on the ballot

voter alienation

500

These Democratic National Convention voters do not have their votes bound to a particular candidate and do not vote in the first round 

superdelegates 

Elections

100

This primary type allows voters of any party affiliation to vote in the primary of any party

open primary

200

States employ one of these two methods of awarding electors in a presidential election

caucus or primary 

300

These two states are the exceptions to the winner-take-all method of awarding electors to candidates in presidential elections

nebraska and maine 

400

This phenomenon describes the tendency to reelect candidates based on their record/ name recognition/ inertia in office

incumbency advantage

500

This law, established in 1789, allows members of Congress to send mail to their constituents for free

franking privilege 

Foundational Docs.

100

This doc. claims that a large republic is needed to balance the influence of factions, which are inevitable

Federalist 10

200

This doc. claims that a large republic would not be able to appropriately respond to the diverse needs of its many citizens

Brutus I

300

This governing document includes a provision that any changes made to it would have to be unanimously agreed upon

Articles of Confederation

400

This document argues for an "energetic" executive branch 

Federalist 70

500

Dr. King's "Birmingham Jail" letter reads: 

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the ... Ku Klux Klanner, but the white ________ who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice....

moderate

Current Events

100

This waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman is currently under military contest for its strategic location

Strait of Hormuz

200

This leader has faced social media backlash from Trump for his criticism of the War in Iran

Pope Leo

300

Massachusetts legislators this month voted to ban social media for children under 14, following after this country passed the world's first nationwide social media ban for children

Australia 

400

This Massachusetts college in Amherst has announced its closure this week following financial insolvency 

Hampshire College

500

Aretmis II astronauts splashed back down on earth following their 10-day mission, including this woman who set the record for longest single spaceflight by a woman

Christina Koch 

Political Parties🥳

100

Parties are influenced by these entities with may be single-issue, or large in scope, and which promote an agenda that suits their membership 

interest groups

200

These fundraising groups can donate money to candidates with some FEC-imposed caps 

Political Action Committees (PACs)

300

Political parties are an example of this, defined as something that connects people with the government

linkage institution

400

These are two important functions of political parties 

- create a platform

- recruit and manage candidates

-  fundraise

- promote their agenda/ candidates via the media

500

This man was blamed as a Green Party "spoiler" in the 2000 election of Bush versus Gore 

Ralph Nader