Gov Unit 3 Exam Review, part 2

2. unregulated money donated to a political party for vague purposes is known as ____________________ money
5. a third party formed by people committed to a set of beliefs is known as a/an ____________________ party
6. bringing lawsuits to influence public policy (for example: Brown v. Board of Ed.)
9. the short, targeted speech with a candidate’s main ideas that gets repeated over and over through a campaign
11. a persuasive technique in which a celebrity or well-known personality endorses a candidate
13. the location you go to vote
16. political parties outside the major US parties are known as ____________________ parties
19. interest group formed to fight for African American civil rights
20. political ideology based on belief in personal freedom and in favor of minimal government intervention
21. political ideology characterized by “middle of the road” politics, between the ideologies of left and right
22. laws passed in the US after the Civil War aimed at segregation and denying legal equality to Black Americans

1. political ideology concerned about conservation and protection of the environment
3. the process by which we gain our political identity is known as political ____________________
4. the November election in which the winner of a political race is chosen
7. all males must register for the ____________________, also known as the selective service
8. an organization that seeks to achieve power by electing its members to public office
10. the idea that political power should be distributed and shared among various groups
12. political ideology in which the government owns or controls most economic resources
14. the US uses the ____________________ to elect a president, where each state gets electors
15. segregation and the idea of “separate but equal” was upheld in the ________________ vs. Ferguson decision
17. law that removed barriers to voting for African Americans, including literacy tests
18. the funds collected to pay for a political campaign