Miscellaneous
Campaign materials or media coverage that is particularly biased in nature either building up one candidate or tearing down another is called this.
What is propaganda?
This party is on the left of political spectrum and favors more government involvement, increased spending on programs and is represented by the color blue.
What is the Democratic Party?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The chief executive of the state of Virginia or "president" of Virginia is called this.
What is the Governor?
One cannot have everything they want and instead have to make choices due to this.
What is scarcity?
When a President gives their annual State of the Union Address they are proposing legislation to and making appeals to which two groups of people?
This system is used to elect the President of the United States along with the Vice President.
What is the Electoral College?
This branch of government enforces the laws through government agencies and regulatory boards.
What is the Executive Branch?
The power to tax, make laws, enforce laws and establish courts are powers both States and the National Government have making them ________ powers.
What are Concurrent Powers?
These are the four factors of production.
What are human resources, capital resources, natural resources and entrepreneurs?
The founding principle that says nobody is above the law.
What is the Rule of Law?
The newspaper headline says "Steve Smith has announced his candidacy for President". The media has fulfilled this role...
What is "Identifying Candidates"?
This is the name of our national bicameral legislature.
Who is Congress?
Virginia's chief lawyer, who is also voted for on a separate ticket for a 4 year term is called this.
Who is the Attorney General?
This government agency monitors television, radio and print to protect consumer rights and prevent monopolies.
What is the FCC?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Name three Civic Duties.
What are obeying the law, paying taxes, registering for the draft, serving on a jury or serving as a witness if called upon?
In order to become president one must win _________ out of _______ Electoral College Votes.
What is 270 and 538?
Representation in this House of Congress is based on population.
What is the House of Representatives?
According to the 10th Amendment of the Constitution "Powers not delegate to the United States in the Constitution are _______ to the ______".
What is "Reserved to the States"?
The amount producers are willing to sell at a certain price.
What is supply?
If President Spongebob calls Congress to a special session during their vacation to revisit declaring every Monday Crabby Patty day, this power is an example of what system that balances power between the branches?
What are Checks and Balances?
This former Republican President got fed up with his old party, started a new party and finished second in the Presidential Election of 1912 making him the most successful third party candidate for president.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
If a law created by a local, state or the national government conflicts with the US Constitution, which court will strike down that law using what power?
What is the Supreme Court and Judicial Review
Daily Double!!!
This bicameral legislature of Virginia is made up of the House of Delegates and Virginia Senate.
What is the General Assembly?
This serves as the United States official bank that lends to other banks, sets a basic interest rate for borrowing and controls the amount of money in circulation.
What is the Federal Reserve?