CSTP Civics Semester Review

Primary elections

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  Narrow the pool of candidates in an election

• Widen the pool of candidates in an election

• Give more votes to Republicans

• Give more votes to Democrats

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PD.5.C.2

In what month do we vote for President?

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  July

• November

• October

• January

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PD.5.C.2

The Democratic Party favors

• a conservative program that promotes a strong central government and expansive social programs

• a liberal program that limits central government and promotes a strong national defense

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  a conservative program that limits central government and promotes a strong national defense

• a liberal program that promotes a strong central government and expansive social programs

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How do special interest groups and political action committees most often affect elections?

• By having petitions signed

• By financially contributing to campaigns

• By voting

• By holding protests

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Voters who support social freedoms generally support the Democratic Party.

• True

• False

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What are the two major political parties in the United States? (Choose 2)

• Democratic

• Green

• Libertarian

• Republican

• Labor

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PD.5.C.1

A Political Action Committee is

• an organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level

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  a group of people or an organization seeking or receiving special advantages, typically through political lobbying

• a person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators

• a movement which uses the people in a given district, region, or community as the basis for a political economic movement

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Propaganda is

• information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

• an attack on opponents themselves rather than on their arguments

• a way to persuade people to adopt a belief based on the large number of people who already hold that belief

• a drawing containing a commentary expressing the artist’s opinion

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PD.5.C.1

Where do political parties elect their presidential nominee?

• At the capitol building in their home states

• At the voting polls in November

• At a national convention

• In their hometowns on Super Tuesday

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Voter registration in the United States is the responsibility of

• The state governments

• The federal government

• The political parties

• The citizen

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