Parties
A group of people, joined together by certain common principles, who seek to control the government in order to implement certain public policies or programs
What are political parties
Gave African American men, over the age of 21, the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Believes that government must take action to change economic, political, and ideological policies thought to be unfair.
What is Liberal?
Belief in the way government should run within a society.
What is Political Ideology?
A Conservative would prefer ________ health insurance, while a Liberal would prefer _______.
What are Private, public
The roles that minor parties play when they highlight issues that the two-party system ignores, or when they propose new solutions to problems.
What are critic and innovator
This Congressional Legislation enforced racial equality at polling places and required federal government pre-clearance in southern states.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Holds beliefs that fall between liberal and conservative views, usually including some of each.
What is Moderate?
Name at least two agents of socialization
Family, School, Peers, Religion, Work, Geography, Gender, Ethnicity, Media
Name any one group of people in the United States who cannot (or mostly cannot) vote.
Who are illegal immigrants, permanent residents, people in prison for felonies or a mental hospitals, people who are dishonorably discharged from the military, people under 18.
In 2000, the Green party led by Ralph Nader helped George Bush win the presidential election when he earned over 90,000 votes in Florida (the election came down to just over 500 votes). It is likely that many of those votes would likely have gone to Al Gore, Bush's competitor.
In this election, Ralph Nader played this third-party role.
What is the Spoiler Role?
Amendment that provided women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Seeks to keep in place the economic, political, and social structures of society.
What is Conservative?
This political ideology is most aligned with believing the government should be hands-off with regard to civil liberties.
What is Libertarian? (social left, economic right)
The process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions.
What is political socialization?
The act of cooperation - by finding common ground or through compromise - between the two ruling political parties
What is bipartisan?
The manipulation of electoral district boundaries with the intent to create an advantage for a party or group within the constituency
What is Gerrymandering?
Favors extreme change to create an altered or entirely new social system.
What is Radical?
Party identification is one of the three psychological factors of voting. What are the other two additional psychological factors of voting that can impact voter behavior, closer to election time?
What are the candidates and the issues?
This is the year Native American's were all finally given the right to vote.
What is 1924?
This is the main objective of political parties.
What is to win elections and control the government?
The act of using legal, but often unethical, means of preventing certain populations of people from voting.
What is voter suppression?
Favors extreme change to restore society to an earlier, more conservative state of affairs.
What is Reactionary?
Someone who advocates for an authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology would fall where on the political ideology chart?
Where is high economic right, high social right (fascist).
Most states and districts require a candidate to receive a ________ of votes, rather than a majority.
What is a plurality?