Civics Unit 9 Vocabulary

political party

• party whose focus is on the environment
• an organization of citizens who have similar views on issues and who work to get these ideas passed through government action
• the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet)
• party that is more liberal and favors more government regulations in business and higher taxes

Republican

• party that believes in more government welfare to help the citizens
• party whose focus is on the environment
• the action or process of producing effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, of others
• party that is more conservative and favors less government involvement in business and, lower taxes

Democrat

• party that is more liberal and favors more government regulations in business and higher taxes
• party that is more conservative and favors less government involvement in business and, lower taxes
• a person who runs for election for public office
• party that believes that the workers or government should own all resources and businesses

Libertarian

• party that strongly opposes any government interference into their personal, family, and business decisions
• party whose focus is on the environment
• ideas used to influence people's thinking
• words, sounds, gestures, ideas or visual images that are used to convey other ideas and beliefs

Communist

• party that believes that the workers or government should own all resources and businesses
• ideas used to influence people's thinking
• a statement outlining a political party's views on issues and describing the programs they propose
• party that strongly opposes any government interference into their personal, family, and business decisions

Socialist

• a statement outlining a political party's views on issues and describing the programs they propose
• party that believes in more government welfare to help the citizens
• party that strongly opposes any government interference into their personal, family, and business decisions
• the action or process of producing effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, of others

Green

• party whose focus is on the environment
• a person who runs for election for public office
• the sum of many individual opinions
• words, sounds, gestures, ideas or visual images that are used to convey other ideas and beliefs

platform

• a statement outlining a political party's views on issues and describing the programs they propose
• party that strongly opposes any government interference into their personal, family, and business decisions
• party that believes in more government welfare to help the citizens
• party that believes that the workers or government should own all resources and businesses

candidate

• ideas used to influence people's thinking
• the action or process of producing effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, of others
• a person who runs for election for public office
• the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet)

public opinion

• the action or process of producing effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, of others
• the sum of many individual opinions
• ideas used to influence people's thinking
• words, sounds, gestures, ideas or visual images that are used to convey other ideas and beliefs