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Civics: People Power
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Subject
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civics
Instructions:
Answer 26 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Television - radio - newspapers - magazines - and the Internet
Open Primary
Media
Patronage
Platform
2. An election in Which members of a political party choose candidates to run for office in the name of the party
Planks
Political Party
Direct Primary
Canvass
3. The system in which party leaders perform favors for loyal supporters of the party
Media
Registration
Caucus
Patronage
4. People who do not support a particular political party
Independent Voters
Incumbent
Nominate
Straight Ticket
5. A ballot cast for all the candidates in one party
Registration
Compaign Manager
Straight Ticket
Political Party
6. The process of signing up to be a voter
General Election
Independent Voters
Registration
Electors
7. A message that is meant to influence people's ideas - opinions - or actions in a certain way
Planks
Propaganda
Precincts
Closed Primary
8. The practice of voting for candidates of more than one party on the same ballot
Caucus
Registration
Split Ticket
Platform
9. Person who helps plan the broad outlines of the campaign: where to go - what issues to discuss - and what image of the candidate to put forth
Straight Ticket
Compaign Manager
Independent Voters
Bias
10. A way of sending messages to large groups of people through the mail
Propaganda
Direct Mail
General Election
Bias
11. A primary in which voters do not need to declare a party before voting - but they may vote in only one party's primary
Electors
Planks
Media
Open Primary
12. A statement of the party's official stand on major public issues
Independent Voters
Caucus
Platform
Propaganda
13. Go door-to-door handing out information and asking people which candidates they support
Canvass
Propaganda
Compaign Manager
General Election
14. Person who makes certain that the media show the candidate in the best light
Planks
Write-In Candidate
Compaign Manager
Compaign Press Secretary
15. Declaring that you are running for office
Split Ticket
Self-Nomination
Bias
Canvass
16. A primary in which a voter must be registered as a party member and may vote only in that party's primary
Caucus
Closed Primary
Media
Direct Mail
17. One who asks voters to write his or her name on the ballot
Precincts
Self-Nomination
Patronage
Write-In Candidate
18. Voting districts
Precincts
Direct Mail
Split Ticket
General Election
19. Naming candidates to run for public office
Nominate
Caucus
Compaign Press Secretary
Compaign Manager
20. Meeting of party leaders to discuss issues or to choose candidates
Precincts
Caucus
Direct Mail
Media
21. An organization of citizens who wish to influence and control government by getting their members elected to office
Propaganda
Political Party
Open Primary
Canvass
22. An election in which voters make final decisions about the candidates and issues
Direct Primary
Registration
General Election
Compaign Manager
23. People who promise to cast votes for the candidate selected by the voters
Electors
Planks
Caucus
Propaganda
24. Someone who already holds the office for which he or she is running
Nominate
Incumbent
Registration
Self-Nomination
25. A favoring of one point of view
Electors
Bias
Compaign Manager
Platform
26. Position statements on each specific issue in a party's platform
Nominate
Planks
Platform
Closed Primary