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Title: Opening Splash


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Jeopardy!
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Court Cases
Political Parties
Elections
Forms of Government
Voting
Key Terms
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- 100
A state that does not consistently vote either
democratic or republican in presidential elections
C1-100
What is a swing state?
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- 200
An alliance between Republican and Conservative
Democrats
C1-200
What is a conservative coalition?
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- 300
Placing a certain slant on a story to deflect
negative public attention against a candidate or
office holder
C1-300
What is spin control?

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- 400
Casting votes for candidates of ones own party
and for candidates of opposing parties
C1-400
What is split ticket voting?
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- 500
Political districts in which candidates elected
to the House of Representatives win in close
elections, typically by less than 55 percent of
the vote.
C1-500
What are marginal districts?
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- 100
Ordered state legislative districts to be as near
as equal as possible in population
C2-100
What is Baker v. Carr?
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- 200
Ordered House districts to be as near as equal in
population as possible.
C2-200
What is Wesberry V. Sanders?
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- 300
Race cannot be the sole or predominant factor in
redrawing legislative boundaries.
C2-300
What is Shaw v. Reno?
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- 400
Use of the 14th amendments equal protection
clause to stop Florida recount in the election of
2000.
C2-400
What is Bush v. Gore?b
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- 500
1st Amendment protects campaign spending
legislatures can limit contributions, but not how
much one spends of his own money on campaigns.
C2-500
What is Buckley v. Valeo?
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- 100
The association with liberal political ideology
whom favor greater government action to promote
the welfare of the people as a whole.
C3-100
What is a democrat?
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- 200
Political ideology associated with conservatism,
resistant to quick change
C3-200
What is a republican?
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- 300
Political ideology associated with those that
favor slow or moderate change and limited
government power.
C3-300
What is conservative?
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- 400
Political ideology associated with those that
favor more government involvement and action.
C3-400
What is a liberal?
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- 500
A vote in which a majority of Democratic
legislators oppose a majority of Republic
legislators
C3-500
What is party polarization?
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- 100
Two representatives are elected from each state
to represent each state
C4-100
What is the senate?
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- 200
A person who is not registered with a political
party and hold no consistent patterns for voting
C3-200
What is an independent voter?

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- 300
This member must be 25 years of age and a citizen
of the U.S for at least 7 years.
C3-300
What is House member requirements?
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- 400
This member must be a U.S citizen for at least 9
years and must be at least 30 years of age and
holds 6 year terms.
C3-400
What is a senator?

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- 500
Difference in voting patterns for men and women,
particularly in the greater tendency of the
latter to vote for democratic presidential
candidates.
C3-500
What is a gender gap?
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- 100
Integrated set of beliefs that shape our point of
view
C4-100
What is an ideology?

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- 200
A political theory advocating state ownership of
industry, connected with communism which counters
individualism.
C4-200
What is socialism?
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- 300
The way which you quire political beliefs such as
family , school education etc.
C4-300
What is political socialization?

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- 400
A political ideology which gives preeminence to
individual rights, particularly in the economic
sphere, and advocates for the strict limits on
the state size, powers, and responsibilities
C4-400
What is libertarianism?
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- 500
The political ad economic theories of Karl Marx
and Friedrich Engels, later by their followers to
form the basis for the theory and practices
communism.
C4-500
What is Marxism?
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- 100
The process by which people choose either to
reelect candidate who they believe have made
efforts to pass policies that benefit them.
C4-100
What is retrospective voting?
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- 200
An election in which there is a long term change
in party alignment.
C4-200
What is realigning?
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- 300
Having more votes than anyone else, but less than
half.
C4-300
What is plurality?
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- 400
Occurs when a presidential nominee chooses a vice
presidential running mate who has different
qualities. in order to attract more votes for the
ticket
C4-400
What is balancing the ticket?
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- 500
Contention that parties are less meaningful to
voters, who have abandoned the parties in greater
numbers to become independents.
C4-500
What is the dealignement argument?
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