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PARTY TIME
"INTEREST"ING FACTS
LET'S BE CIVIL
CONSTITUTIONAL CLAUSES
POTPOURRI
100
These statewide elections are used to select party candidates
What are primaries.
100
Generally considered the most effective interest group in American politics today.
What is the NRA.
100
The Tinkers liked their armbands in school, using this type of free speech
What is symbolic speech.
100
First Amendment
What is establishment clause, free-exercise clause, free expression, etc.
100
The greatest government teacher ever.
Who is Mr. Stevens.
200
Every four years parties gather together to nominate a Presidential candidate.
What is a nominating convention.
200
These people work for interest groups, usually by hanging around.
What is a lobbyist.
200
Using this civil rights theory, it's OK to break the law.
What is civil disobediance.
200
Fourth Amendment
What is probable cause.
200
The "full faith and credit clause" is found here.
What is Article IV of the Constitution.
300
This type of voting has helped create divided governments at the national level.
What is split ticket voting.
300
If an interest group forms a PAC this is the monetary limit it can give to a candidate.
What is $5,000.
300
Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg allowed this type of racial intergration.
What is busing.
300
Eighth Amendment
What is no cruel and unusual punishment.
300
Present Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme court.
Who is John Roberts.
400
On of the first two major political parties, it disappeared early in the 19th century.
What were the Federalists.
400
The NAACP and the ACLU special in this type of interest group activity.
What is litigation.
400
This landmark law struck down discrimination in public placw and places of employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
400
Fourteenth Amendment
What is the due process or equal protection clause.
400
Complete this phrase: gatekeeper, scorekeeper, and ...
What is watchdog (media terms).
500
This system declares the winner as the candidate who wins the most votes, not neccessarily a majority.
What is the plurality system.
500
Complete this phrase: interest group, federal agency....
What is a congressional committee. The completed phrase is know as the iron triangle.
500
Mapp v. Ohio said evidence obtained illegally cannot be used against the accused in a trial.
What is the exclusionary rule.
500
24th Amendment
What are no poll taxes.
500
This federal agency oversees public airwaves.
What is the FCC.