Turning Point USA
Media and Politics
Political Lingo
Civics
Political Quotes
100

This conservative organization was founded in 2012.

What is Turning Point USA?

100

This term refers to media coverage that presents only one side of an issue or topic.

What is media bias?

100

This term is used to describe the use of fear and misinformation to shape public opinion and advance a political agenda.

What is propaganda?

100

The three branches of government created by the Constitution.

What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?

100

"Yes we can."

Who is Barack Obama?

200

This Turning Point USA founder and executive director has been a vocal proponent of free speech on college campuses and is known for his slogan "Big Government Sucks."

Who is Charlie Kirk?

200

This term refers to the phenomenon of people seeking out news sources that confirm their existing beliefs and opinions.

What is confirmation bias?

200

This term is used to describe a government's practice of spending more money than it takes in, often resulting in a large national debt.

What is deficit spending?

200

The group of people responsible for electing the President of the United States.

What is the Electoral College?

200

"Make America great again."

Who is Donald Trump?

300

Turning Point USA's mission is to promote these three principles.

What are fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government?

300

This investigative journalism organization, founded in 2013, is known for publishing secret documents leaked by whistleblowers.

What is WikiLeaks?

300

This term is used to describe a political tactic in which a lawmaker talks at length in order to delay or prevent a vote on a bill.

What is a filibuster?

300

The right to vote in political elections.

What is suffrage?

300

"I am not a crook."

Who is Richard Nixon?

400

This annual event, hosted by Turning Point USA, features prominent conservative speakers and draws thousands of attendees.

What is the Student Action Summit?

400

This term, coined by President Trump in 2017, refers to the perceived unfair treatment of his administration by the mainstream media.

What is "fake news"?

400

This term is used to describe the practice of drawing congressional district lines in a way that favors one political party over another.

What is gerrymandering?

400

The ability of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government to limit each other's power.

What is checks and balances?

400

"Read my lips: no new taxes."

Who is George H.W. Bush?

500

Turning Point USA has been criticized for this controversial campaign, which encourages students to report professors who express political opinions in the classroom.

What is the Professor Watchlist?

500

This type of journalism seeks to expose corruption, wrongdoing, and other abuses of power in government and other institutions.

What is investigative journalism?

500

This term is used to describe the belief that the United States has a special role to play in the world, and a responsibility to spread democracy and human rights.

What is American exceptionalism?

500

The process of formally accusing a federal official of wrongdoing.

What is impeachment?

500

"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"

Who is Abraham Lincoln?