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| Organizations of people with similar ideas that are formed to win elections. |
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| Who warned against factions tearing the country apart. |
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| Who wrote in Federalist 10 that they were bound to develop. |
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| The 1st political party was the Federalists from ___-_____ began by ____ and _____ |
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| 1789,1815; Madison and Hamilton |
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| The Democratic-Republicans began in ____ by _______ |
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| In ____ the modern Democrat party began and elected _____ as their first President. |
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| The Whig Party began around ___ and ended around ____. |
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| In ___ the Republican Party grew from the abolition movement |
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| What was the aboltion movement? |
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| Who was the 1st President and when did he becom one. |
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| Green, Populist, and Progressive |
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| What are the five things in structure? |
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National Committee
State Central Committee
County Committees
Precinct Level
Party Workers |
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| Pick the best person to run governs |
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| brings a broader and more diverse electorate but it also causes instability. |
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| Democrat electorate usually consists of |
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| Catholics, Jews, African-Americans, high-school graduates single, younger. |
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| Republican electorate usually consists of |
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| Protestants, business people, college graduates, married, older |
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| organizations dedicated to raising and spending money to either elect or defeat political candidates. |
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| Political Action Committees, commonly called "PACs," |
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| connected to specific corporations, labor groups, or recognized political parties. |
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| What most PAC's are directed |
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| raise and spend money to elect candidates -- from any political party -- who support their ideals or agendas |
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| Non-connected or ideological PACs |
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| are made up of individuals or groups of U.S. citizens, not connected to a corporation, a labor party or a political party. |
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| formed by politicians to help fund the campaigns of other politicians. |
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| create leadership PACs in an effort to prove their party loyalty or to further their goal of being elected to a higher office. |
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| Someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that the lobbyists favor |
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| is one who is professionally employed to ____ on behalf of clients or who advises clients on how to ___ on their own behalf. |
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| an organization of people with similar policy goals that try to influence the political process to try to achieve those goals. |
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| An interest group (special interests |
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try to influence every
branch and every level of government |
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| have been part of the American political landscape since the country’s founding. |
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| The most common and effective interest group technique is |
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lobbying or seeking to influence and persuade others to support a group's position.
lobbying or seeking to influence and persuade others to support a group's position. |
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are hired by a college or
university, businesses, foreign countries, trade associations, and anyone else wanting their voice heard on policy matters. |
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Promote interest in public affairs
Provide useful information
Serve as watchdogs
Represent the interest of citizens |
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