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