Democracy
The 3 M's of Politics...
What is Money, Media, and Mobilization?
Someone in the middle of the political spectrum...
What is a moderate?
The US Presidency is based not just on the electoral vote but also on this...
What is the popular vote?
This nation has the shortest Constitution among major nations in the world.
What is the United States?
The number of amendments to the Constitution.
What is 27?
This branch of government interprets the laws.
What is the judicial branch?
Someone from this political ideology believes in heavy government involvement in moral issues, yet little involvement in economic issues…
What is a conservative?
This number of electors are in the electoral college.
What is 538?
This amendment covers the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd amendment?
This person is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The process by which the voters can remove an elected official from office...
What is a recall?
Someone on the far extreme left of the political spectrum (high taxes/high services) is called a(an):
What is a socialist?
The number of electors required to win the presidency...
What is 270?
In this year was the Bill of Rights passed.
What is 1791?
This document was written by the Pilgrims in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
A government ruled by the elite is called a(n):
What is an aristocracy?
Someone from this political ideology believes in heavy government involvement in economic issues, yet little involvement in moral issues...
What is a liberal?
This is how the number of electoral votes is determined for each state.
What is the number of people in the House of Representatives added to the number of people in the Senate for each state?
The freedoms covered in the 1st amendment...
Religion, Press, Speech, Petition, Assembly
Name the three restrictions to the freedom of speech.
What is libel/slander, obscenity, threats to public safety?
The US concept of democracy comes from this nation.
What is Greece?
The political ideology that represents the far extreme version of the right-where the government has virtually no influence in people’s lives is called (low taxes/low services).
Libertarian
This amendment to the Constitution covers the electoral college.
What is the 12th amendment?
This is the topic of the 4th amendment.
What is the right to privacy?
This is how is a Constitutional amendment passed.
What is 2/3 of Congress and 3/4 of the states?