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