Unit 5

Political Action Committee (PACs) ?

• a job for the president

• an organization that raises money to elect and defeat candidates and may donate money directly to a candidates campaign

• the different ways a committee takes action in individuals to shape laws and policies of a government

• a committee that promotes policy

Linkage Institution?

• prohibits congress and the states from imposing poll taxes

• the right to vote

• the joining of individuals seeking social or political change with the goal of placing issues on the policy agenda

• channels that connect individuals with government, including elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media

Social movement?

• prohibits congress and the states from imposing poll taxes

• the right to vote

• the joining of individuals seeking social or political change with the goal of placing issues on the policy agenda

• channels that connect individuals with government, including elections, political parties, interest groups, and the media

Examples of political participation?

• the use of social media

• voting

• calling

• emailing

Franchise (suffrage) ?

• prohibits congress and the state from imposing poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections

• allows those of 18 years old and older to vote

• the right to vote

• a payment required by a state or federal government before a citizen is allowed to vote

26 Amendment

• prohibits congress and the state from imposing poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections

• allows those of 18 years old and older to vote

• the right to vote

• a payment required by a state or federal government before a citizen is allowed to vote

24 Amendment

• prohibits congress and the state from imposing poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections

• allows those of 18 years old and older to vote

• the right to vote

• a payment required by a state or federal government before a citizen is allowed to vote

Poll tax?

• prohibits congress and the state from imposing poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections

• allows those of 18 years old and older to vote

• the right to vote

• a payment required by a state or federal government before a citizen is allowed to vote

Voter turnout?

• prohibits congress and the state from imposing poll taxes as a condition for voting in federal elections

• allows those of 18 years old and older to vote

• the number of eligible voters who participate in an election as a percentage of the total number of eligible voters

• a payment required by a state or federal government before a citizen is allowed to vote

Demographic characteristics?

• a person's belief that he or she can make effective political change

• measurable characteristics of a population, such as economic status, education, age, race or ethnicity, and gender

• a measure of an individual's wealth, income, occupation, and educational attainment

• efforts by political parties to encourage their members to vote