EOC Survivor
Season 4
Political Processes & Participation
Question 1
This guarantees
freedom of the
press.
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1 Amendment
Question 2
• What is a group with
broad common
interests who organize
to win elections?
• Political party
Question 3
•What is a broad
statement of party
beliefs, positions,
and goals?
•Platform
Question 4
•What is the symbol
of the Republican
Party?
•An Elephant
Question 5
•This is a single belief
or position in the
platform that a party
takes.
•Plank
Question 6
• What amendment
outlawed the use of a
poll tax?
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• The 24 Amendment
Question 7
•What does the word
suffrage refer to?
•The right to vote
Question 8
•This is a ballot that
is cast for only
candidates of one
political party.
•Straight party ticket
Question 9
• Name one reason third
parties have been largely
unsuccessful in winning
elections in the US.
• Hard to raise $, difficulty
getting on the ballot, etc.
Question 10
•What is a voting
district called?
•A precinct
Question 11
• What amendment
allowed women to
vote?
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• The 19 Amendment
Question 12
How many electoral
votes does NC
have?
15
Question 13
•This amendment
prevents being
denied from voting
due to race.
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•15 Amendment
Question 14
•What is a ballot that
is cast for members
of both political
parties?
•Split party ticket
Question 15
• This is the month when
NC generally hold our
primary elections.
• May
Question 16
• This law created public
financing and
disclosure laws.
• Federal Elections &
Campaign Act of 1971
Question 17
• This is a group of people
who organize around a
common policy or goal
to influence government.
• Special Interest Group
Question 18
• Who chooses a party’s
Vice Presidential
candidate?
• The Presidential
Candidate
Question 19
• Name 1 of 2 groups
that cannot directly
contribute to political
campaigns.
• Labor Unions &
businesses
Question 20
• Name 2 requirements
to vote in NC.
• Registered, 18, 30-day
residency, citizenship,
not a felon in prison.
Question 21
•What is directly
contacting legislators
known as?
•Lobbying
Question 22
• What do you called the
candidate who is
currently in office that
is seeking reelection?
• The incumbent
Question 23
•Name the largest
labor union in the
US.
•AFL-CIO
Question 24
•What state has the
most electoral
votes?
•CA
Question 25
•What agency
oversees the public
airwaves?
•The FCC
Question 26
•What group
oversees federal
election laws?
•The FEC
Question 27
•What are the two
types of mass
media?
•Electronic and print
Question 28
• What party is considered
liberal and which is
conservative?
• A liberal usually is a
Democrat; conservatives are
usually Republicans.
Question 29
• What is the symbol of
the Democratic Party?
• A donkey
Question 30
•Name a third party
that has run for
president.
•Reform, Green,
Progressive, etc.
Question 31
• For what do the letters
NAACP stand?
• National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People
Question 32
•What does it mean to
be a moderate?
•Someone who has
views on the left and
right
Question 33
• What are the people
surveyed in a poll
called?
• The sample
Question 34
•What is the ideas
and attitudes of a
significant number
of Americans called?
•Public Opinion
Question 35
• What is prior restraint?
• Government
censorship of
information before it is
published
Question 36
• What state holds its
presidential caucus
first?
• Iowa
Question 37
•Who are
constituents?
•The people a
lawmaker represents
Question 38
• What was a grandfather
clause?
• Law that stated that one
had to prove his
grandfather voted before
he could vote.
Question 39
•What amendment
lowered the voting
age to 18?
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•26 Amendment
Question 40
• What does AARP stand
for?
• American Association
of Retired People
Question 41
• Name 2 forms of the
electronic media.
• Television, radio, and
the Internet
Question 42
• In what month are
federal general
elections held?
• November
Question 43
• Name 2 forms of print
media.
• Newspapers,
magazines, and
pamphlets.
Question 44
• How is a state’s
number of electoral
votes determined?
• Based on their total
number of seats in
Congress
Question 45
• For what do the letters
NRA stand?
• National Rifle
Association