Bell ringer 12/5/24

Front

How might a political action committee best focus its efforts to ensure that a candidate who wins an election will pursue its goals in government? Options: send a letter to a U.S. senator’s supporters, contribute money to a U.S. senator’s campaign, write a letter to a newspaper about a U.S. senator, contribute money to a charity in a U.S. senator’s state

Back

contribute money to a U.S. senator’s campaign

Answer explanation

Political action committees raise and spend money on behalf of political candidates as well as contribute money to candidates. Political action committees expect that candidates who win their elections will follow that group’s concerns once in government

Front

In the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, what is the meaning of the phrase “We the People”?

Back

Government receives its power from the people and exists to serve them.

Answer explanation

“We the People” is a reference to popular sovereignty, which means that the government exists because the people consent to its establishment. The U.S. government was created by the people and exists to serve the people’s needs.