Political Issues and Levels
An example of a political issue.
What is? Examples
- Taxation
- Healthcare
- School Safety
A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.
What is felony?
This is the title of the people that vote in the Electoral College.
What is an elector?
A diary of someones life experience is one of this type of source.
What is a primary source?
This is why the founding fathers didn't want the popular vote to decide who became president.
What is they believed the general population was ill informed/uneducated?
You should contact this level of government if you want the city to install a stop sign on your block.
What is the local government?
Someone running for office
What is a political candidate.
Someone that commits this type of crime will not be able to vote while serving their sentence.
What is a felony crime?
Encyclopedia Brittanica is an example of this type of source.
What is a secondary source?
This is the amount of electoral college votes a candidate needs to win the presidential election.
What is 270?
You should contact this level of government if you want to bring attention to the United States opioid epidemic.
What is the national/federal government?
The president was ____________ by the Secretary of War to __________ the troops.
What is advised and deploy?
When citizens vote in the presidential election, their vote goes to this.
What is the electors in the Electoral College that represent the party they voted for?
One reason a website might not be credible.
What is? Answers may vary.
Possible Answers:
No author or credit given
Spelling and grammar errors
Etc
Name at least 3 of the presidents roles/jobs.
Possible Answers:
-Commander in Chief
-Head of the Executive Branch
-Trying to Guide the Economy
-Political Party Leader
-Head of Foreign Policy
-Legislative Leader
-Head of State
China recently admitted to violating Japans airspace. This is an ____________ issue.
What is international?
Donald Trump won both the ____________ vote and the ____________ ___________ vote.
What is Popular and Electoral College vote?
This group of people have always had the right to vote in the United States.
Who are white land owning men?
A way of criticizing a person, an idea or an institution in which you use humor to show their faults or weaknesses; a piece that uses this type of criticism.
What is satire?
This is the name of the group of people the president chooses to be their advisers that run government agencies.
What is the Cabinet?
An example of a grassroots movement that started in Minneapolis to bring attention to native issues in urban areas.
What is the American Indian Movement?
The __________ happens every ten years. This determines how many __________ each state will get in the next presidential election.
What is census and electors?
Name the two states that do not have a winner-takes-all system with their electoral college votes.
What is Maine and Nebraska?
The meaning of each letter in CRAAP.
What is
C- Currency
R- Relevance
A- Authority
A- Accuracy
P- Purpose
These are the three requirements to run to be president of the United States.
What is?
1. Be a natural-born citizen of the United States.
2. Be at least 35 years old.
3. Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years.