Opening Splash

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Jeopardy!
Mayra Alvizo Period 2
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Unit 2 Political Behavior, Beliefs and
Political Parties
Unit 3 Elections, Campaings Interests, Groups and
Media
Unit 4 Legislative Branch
Mixed
Vocab.
Unit 1 Constitutional Underpinnings
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- 100
What is the first method to process the amending
of the constitution?
C1-100
First Method the amendment is proposed by
Congress by a 2/3 vote in both houses. Then
ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures.
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- 200
Who were the Federalist and their supporters? Who
are the Antifederalist and their supporters?
C1-200

• Federalist were ones who supported a strong
  national government . The supporters of the
  Federalists were Property owners, creditors and
  merchants.
• Antifederalist were ones who opposed a strong
  central government. The supporters of the
  Antifederalist were small farmers, frontiersmen,
  debtors and shopkeepers.

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- 300
Name the leaders of the Federalist and what type
of advantages did the Federalist have. Name the
leaders of the Antifederalist.
C1-300

• Leaders of Federalist Hamilton, Madison,
  Washington and Jay.
• Some advantages the Federalist had were that they
  were better represented in state legislature ,
  controlled the press, began ratification
  procedures before Antifederalists could get
  organized and agreed to a Bill of Rights after
  ratification of the constitution.
• Leaders of Antifederalist Henry, Mason and Gerry

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- 400
Due to the difficulties of formally changing the
Constitution what informal ways were developed?
Give examples of those informal developments.
C1-400

• Acts of Congress, Ex Judiciary Act of 1789
• Judicial rulings, Ex Plessy V. Ferguson
• Presidential Actions, Ex Executive privilege
• Customs and traditions, Ex Cabinet, parties,
  presidential nominating

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- 500
What was the case Marbury V. Madison about?
C1-500
This case was in 1819 dealing specifically with
the constitutionality of a Congress chartered
corporation, and more generally with the
distribution of power between state and federal
governments. 
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- 100
What is the most common form of political
participation in the US?
C2-100

• Voting in presidential elections

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- 200
Which question is asked if an individual is
engaging in retrospective voting?
C2-200

• What have you done for me lately

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- 300
What are some clues the could lead us to know how
a voter will vote?
C2-300

• Age
• Issue
• Party identification
• Gender
• Labor union status

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- 400
What are some examples of linkage institutions?
C2-400
Political Parties, Interest groups and media.
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- 500
What are 5 important elements in the American
view of the political system?
C2-500

• Liberty
• Equality
• Democracy
• Civic Duty
• Individual responsibilities

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- 100
Does the media influence public opinion? Why?
C3-100
Yes, because sometimes television personalizes
candidates and elections. Also because those who
see the media could influence others based on
what those people say.
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- 200
What are the four functions of Lobbyist?
C3-200

1. Influence government
2. Provide information to the government
3. Testify on hearings
4. Help write legislation

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- 300
Describe the term trial balloon?
C3-300
An idea or a plan advanced tentatively to test
public reaction.
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- 400
Why are advocacy adds used for?
C3-400
They are used to avoid some campaign spending
limits.
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- 500
What four factors help rise of the interest
groups?

1. Consist of broad economic development creates new
   interests and redefine old ones.
2. Government policy it self-helps create interest
   groups.
3. Political organizations dont emerge
   automatically even when government policy permits
   them.
4. More activities government undertake, the more
   organized groups there will be that are
   interested in those activities.

C3-500

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- 100
What are the types of primary elections?
C4-100
Open, Closed and Blanket.
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- 200
What are some factors that affect the outcomes of
congressional elections?
C3-200
Incumbency and lack of competitiveness due to
permanent congress

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- 300
What are some advantages of incumbents?
C3-300
Franking Privilege Campaign staff in place Safe
Seats
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- 400
What are the effects of Gerrymandering?
C3-400
The safe seats leads to difficulties for
challengers There is no change on what party
takes power the one in charge is the one that
will be in charge.

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- 500
How many members does the house and the senate
have?
C3-500
House 100 Senate 435
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- 100
Who is our Congress person?
C4-100
Loretta Sanchez

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- 200
What some powers of congress?
1. lay and collect taxes 2. To borrow money
from credit of USA 3. To regulate commerce with
foreign nation 4. To establish a uniform of
naturalization 5. To declare war 
C4-200
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- 300
What is the difference between the Elite and
Pluralist theory?
C4-300
Elite is theory of the state of which a small
member of the of population control the country
despite the results of the election. Pluralist is
the theory which every member of the country
participate in making decisions in the
government.

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- 400
What was Baker v. Carr?
C4-400
This ordered state legislative districts to be as
near equal as possible in population

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- 500
What are complaints from both liberals and
conservatives about the news coverage?
C4-500
Conservatives claim that reporters are too
liberal and Liberals claim that publishers are
conservative
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- 100
What is Gender gap?
C4-100
The difference in voting patterns for men and
women, particularly in the greater tendency of
the latter to vote for Democratic presidential
candidates.
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- 200
This party is aka minor parties, created due to
dissatisfaction with the two major parties
especially concerned with specific issues and
political trends. Not very competitive in
elections but can ensure that major political
parties and media pay attention to their concerns
and address problems they identify. Examples
Socialist, Green, Libertarian
C4-200
Third party
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- 300
What is Gerrymandering?
C4-300
Drawing of district boundaries (cracking and
packing) so as to favor ones own chances of
future elections.
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- 400
What is a Sound bite?
C4-400
It is a short, pithy comment that is likely to
attract media attention, e.g., Ronald Reagan
saying, A recession is when your neighbor loses
his job, a depression is when you lose your job,
and recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his job.
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- 500
What is a Quorum?
C4-500
minimum number of members needed for the House or
Senate to meet.