Unit IV Review

Propaganda

100

Testimonial

Giving an accounts of a situation personally experienced

200

Bandwagon

Showing someone popular setting a precedent so others will follow

300

Glittering Generalities

Supporting an idea through seen or observed passion and emotion

400

Name Calling

Criticizing others to sway opinion

500

Card Stacking

Placing emphasis on a single subject over many

(Modern)Third Parties

100

Natural Law Party

A scientifically centered party in decision making

200

Socialist Labor Party of America

Promote the removal of capitalism and the class system

300

Marijuana Party

Promote the legalization of Marijuana

400

Modern Whigs

Utilize critical thinking to make decisions

500

Pirate Party

Promote the individual rights of the people to support and care for themselves over others

(Old)Third Parties

100

The know nothings(The American Party)

Very heavy nativist beliefs; existed during the 1850's and 1860's

200

The socialist party

Led by Eugene Debs and worked in an effort to change many economic and political ideas about the government, like direct election for senators or a graduated income tax

300

The progressive party(The Bull party)

Run by Theodore Roosevelt in an attempt to beat Taft in the 1912 election. Similar views to the republican party, but with more modern views

400

The American Independence Party

A one issue third party that went on to cause the shift of republicans to the south and democrats to the north because of changing viewpoints of both sides after the civil war

500

The Reform party(United we stand party)

Run by Ross Perot in 1992, and sought to fix many issues that citizens had with the government in a time when the traditional parties were beginning to lose support

Voting(And Others)

100

The three main things that decide how voters vote

Party loyalty, issues involve, and characteristics of candidates

200

Retrospective voting

Voting based on a candidates passed performance

300

Gerrymandering

The process of drawing district lines to undermine a minority's vote

400

Prospective voting

Voting based on a candidates future performance

500

Spatial and Valence issues

Spatial - voting out of a range of option or possible choices i.e abortion 

Valence - An instance where most voters want the same option out of a candidate i.e. voters wanting to leave the Vietnam war once it grew unpopular

Elections

100

Primary Elections

Has multiple nominees run against one another in a caucus to see who will become the candidate for that political party

200

General Elections

Used to determine the winner of the presidency as voting occurs for all the political parties

300

Political Conventions

Used to announce the candidate for a political party

400

Two-Party System

The United States uses a two-party system with democrats and republicans as the main two parties

500

Third Parties

Often arise when one or more issues influences people to try and make a change