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Voting and Campaigns
Politics and The Media
Congress
The Executive
Judiciary
100
Most of the states hold presidential ____, beginning early in the election year.
Primaries
100
Freedom of the press is protected by the ____ Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
What is First Amendment
100
____ is the distribution of House seats among the states on the basis of their respective populations.
Apportionment.
100
The constitutionally-required minimum age for a person to become president is
Thirty-five.
100
____ is the basis of all law in the United States.
The U.S. Constitution
200
In December, after the general election, electors meet in ____ to cast their votes for president and vice president.
Their state capitals
200

Of all the media, ____ the greatest impact.

What is television.

More on this ... https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/11/key-findings-about-the-online-news-landscape-in-america/

200
In 1929, a federal law fixed membership in the House of Representatives at ____ members.
435
200
The most common previous occupation of U.S. presidents has been
the legal profession
200
____ law is the body of law enacted by legislatures.
Statutory
300
Since 1888, all states in the United States have used the ____ ballot—a secret ballot that is prepared, distributed, and counted by government officials at public expense.
Australian
300

The first televised presidential debate (with the candidates) took place in

1960 between Nixon and Kennedy 

Technically the first debate was actually 4 years earlier https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_First_Televised_Presidential_Debate.htm

300
____ is the drawing of a legislative district’s boundaries in such a way as to maximize the influence of a certain group or political party.
Gerrymandering
300
When the president lights the national Christmas tree, he is performing his role as
head of state.
300
____ law spells out the duties that individuals in society owe to other persons or to their governments, excluding the duty not to commit crimes.
Civil
400
The Electoral College system is primarily a winner-take-all system, in which
the candidate who receives the largest popular vote in a state is credited with all that state’s electoral votes.
400

Since 1996, the Commission on Presidential Debates has limited the participants to:

only candidates of the two major parties—the Democrats and the Republicans.

400
The ____ of representation requires representatives to mirror the views of their constituents.
instructed-delegate
400
Congress can override a presidential veto with a
two-thirds vote by the members present in each chamber.
400
The federal court system has ___ levels of courts.
Three
500
The total number of electoral votes available is
538
500

____ refers to a reporter's slant on, or interpretation of, a particular event or action.

a spin

500
Because of the power of incumbency, ____ percent of House members generally are reelected if they run.
More than 90 percent.
500
When the president makes executive agreements with other heads of state, he is performing his role as
chief diplomat.
500
The power of the courts to decide on the constitutionality of legislative enactments and of actions taken by the executive branch is called
Judicial review