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The idea that America was destined to rule the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is manifest destiny?
This candidate won the 1948 Presidential election.
Who is Harry Truman?
This ideological group wants less government on economic and social issues.
What are libertarians?
Another name for the margin of error in a poll.
What is a sampling error?
A poll taken after individuals are leaving the polling place.
What is an exit poll?
California created a new constitution in 1879 and add this:
What are anti-immigrant provisions?
Leading up to World War 2, college students tended to have this view toward entering the war.
What is anti-war?
The process by which people obtain their political views.
What is political socialization?
This federalist document had the goal of controlling the effects of factions.
What is Federalist 10?
Polls that determine a candidate's support over the length of a campaign.
What are tracking polls?
This treaty ended the war between the US and Mexico.
What is the Treaty of Hidalgo?
This state became famous as a leader in enacting progressive policies during the Progressive Era.
What is Wisconsin?
This is a written argument submitted to a court in support of one side of a case.
What is an amicus curiae brief?
An election every four years where the President is not on the ballot.
What is a midterm election?
The process of voting for all candidates on the ballot from one political party.
What is straight-ticket voting?
This California region is one of richest agricultural regions in world.
What is the Central Valley?
With this pledge, Germany agreed to give adequate warning before sinking merchant and passenger ships and to provide for the safety of passengers and crew.
What is the Sussex Pledge?
What is horserace journalism?
The process by why interest groups employ lobbyists who often are former government workers.
What is the revolving door?
A groups of voters who support a political party over time.
What is a party coalition?
This is the largest ethnic group in California.
What are Hispanics?
This made it a crime to write or say anything negative about the government, Constitution, armed forces, flag.
What is the Sedition Act?
The official statement of policy goals established by each party every four years.
What is a party platform?
This Supreme Court case said that corporations and unions should be treated like individuals when spending money during elections.
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
When a state moves its primary/caucus earlier in the election season to gain more influence in the presidential nomination process.
What is frontloading?