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