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Civic Final Exam Review Mrs.Shawn's Class
Civic Final Exam Review Mrs.Shawn's Class
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What are third parties? (Electoral college)
parties that have a disadvantage because they are not the 2
sets up polling places
overseas broadcasters
help the president
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What's the Electoral College?
to pick a senator
to make an amendment
to make an opinion
group of people named by each state to get the president/VP
3
Who approves the judges?
lawyers
electors
lawmakers
senate
4
Who was alice paul?
supporter to freedom of religion
supporter to women suffrage
supporter to lawmakers
supporter of voting rights
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What are the 5 types of mass media
speeches,debate,websites,TV,Radio
TV, Newspaper,Radio,Internent,Magazines
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What are the 3 sources of public opinion?
pollster, public opinion, public agenda
direction, intensity, stability
radio, TV, newspapers
A persons backround, mass media, interest groups
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What must you prove to vote
education level
age
job
religion
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Who could vote back then?
white american male landowners
african americans
women
slaves
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What is lobbying?
when lobbyist support interest groups
when lobbyist support the VP/president
when lobbyist support candidates
when lobbyist support electors
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What have most supreme court justices been?
teachers
mechanics
lawyers
doctors
11
What is prior restraint?
stopping something that is true from being published
stopping something that is untrue from being published
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What are PAC's? (political action committees)
a law that protects a reporter from revealing their sources
raises money from the group memebers for a candidate
to seek votes from voters
free ties or bias
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What was the 1st amendment?
slavery was abolished
lowered the voting age to 18
african americans could vote
congress can't pass laws that would limit freedom of press
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What is docket?
free from ties or bias
evil intent
calender of cases to be heard
to seek votes from voters
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What is intensity? (features of public opinion)
how strongly a person believes in a law
positive or negative point of view
how strongly a person likes something
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What was the 24th amendment?
gave women the right to vote
freedom of speech
banned forced work
outlaws poll taxes in national elections
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When do they do presidential elections?
every 2 years
once every year
every 4 years
every 5 years
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What is libel?
to release secret gov't info
evil intent
a law that protects a reporter from revealing their sources
written untruths that are harmful to someones reputation
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What are the requirements to vote?
you must be 18yrs or older, US born citizen
you must be 12yrs or older, you need to be a US born citizen
you must be 15yrs or older, you must have a green card
you must be 75yrs or older,born in a foreign country
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What cases are heard in federal court jurisdiction?
goverment and a company
US and a foreign country
goverment and a foreign country
company and the US
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What is public opinion?
written untruths that will hurt someones reputation
what the public thinks about a law or gov official
evil intent
to release secrect info to the media
22
How many circuit and district courts we have in the US?
7-C and 54-D
78-C and 5-D
2-C and 25-D
13-C and 94-D
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The US supreme court members and backround
5 justices, 3 Chiefjustices & 4 associate justices
9 justices, 1 Chiefjustice & 8 associate justices
3 justices, 4 & 2 associate justices
2 justices, 2 Chiefjustice & 7 assoociate justices
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What is malice?
free from ties or bias
evil intent
to release secret gov't info
to hold back a reporter from revealing their sources
25
What type of interet group represents the buisness interests of its memebers?
ecenomic
federal court
precedent
electoral college
26
What's a general election?
elects a VP
elects a lawmaker
elects the electors
elects a lobbyist
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Who appoints the judges?
the president
lawmakers
electors
the VP
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What's a primary election?
elects people running for mayor
elects people running for a lawmaker
elects people running for president
elects people running for a seat in the court room
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What is a polling place?
a place where executives are carried out
a place where voting is carried out
a place where lobbyist are carried out
a place where voters are carried from
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What was the 19th amendment?
lowered voting age to 18
DC residents could vote
allowed for direct election of senators
gave women the right to vote
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What is an interest group?
a group who shares an issue and unite to promote beliefs
a group of people who supports the president and VP
the people who runs mass media
a group of people who carries out the ballots
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What is stability? (features of public opinion)
how strongly a person believes in a law
positive or negative point of view
how strongly a person likes something
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What are absentee ballots?
used for people who just don't want to vote
used for people who just dont care
used for people who will be traveling on election day
used for people sick on election day
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What is tenure?
when someone needs to appear in court
a calender of the cases to be heard
the right to hold an office once a person is confirmed
a written document
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What is a platform?
a geographic area that contains a specific number of votes
a meeting of party members
the most votes in the election
statements expressing a party's beliefs& positions on issues
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How do you register to vote?
you need to register 12 days before the election
you need to register 15 days before the election
you need to register 25 days before the election
you need to register 3 days before the election
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What was the 15th amendment?
gave DC residents the right to vote
banned forced labor
women could vote
no person can be denied to vote because of their race/color
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What was the 14th amendment?
everyone who was born or naturalized is now a citizen
freedom of the press
slavery was abolished
women could vote
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What is referendum?
Free from ties or bias
Ask voters to accept or reject a law
To recall a case by memeory
To choose electors
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What are the 3 roles of media?
magazines, TV, radio
1st, 15th and 19th amendments
stability, intensity, direction
influencing the public agenda, watchdog role, C&O
41
What's a voting district called?
polling place
precedent
precinct
referendum
42
What is precedent?
an important court case
a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision
an important decision
a case involving a disrict court
43
What are some types of polls?
presidential polls
by chance polls
random polls or selective polls
voting polls
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Who was the first lady on the supreme court?
Alice Paul
Sandra Day O'Connor
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What occured after Brown v. Board of Education?
abolished segregation in schools
political parties came about
lowered the voting age to 18
abolished slavery
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What occured in the Plessy v. Furgeson case?
anyone could sit wherever they want on a bus
the judicial review came about
segregation was abolished in schools
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What are political committees?
a group of representitives of an interst group
more than 50% of the total
help with polical parties
people who share a point of view on an issue
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What came about from the effect of the Mawbury v. Madison court case?
original jurisdiction
opinion
precedent
judicial review
49
National security-> related to the press
communicates with lawmakers
works with the VP
the gov't lets the press stories in dangerous places(choice)
talks to the president
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What is direction? (features of public opinion)
positive or negative point of view
how strongly a person believes in a law
how strongly a person likes something
51
What was the 23rd amendment?
banned forced work
gave women the right to vote
lowered the voting age to 18
gave the residents of DC the right to vote
52
One criticism of polling is that it discurages
platform
tenure
voting
precedent
