Tier 3 Vocabulary Cumulative Government Test

An organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation, especially at the federal level.

• Joint committee

• Political Action Committee (PAC)

• Conference Committee

• Political party

the branch of government responsible for putting policies or laws into effect; membership in this representative body is based on equal representation of states

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Interest groups

• Political parties

Holding to traditional attitudes and opposing change or innovation with extreme methods, possibly including violence.

• radical

• moderate

• reactionary

• liberal

a race between candidates for elective office

• Electoral College

• Referendum

• constitution

• campaign

the power to execute, enforce, and administer law

• executive power

• Rule of Law

• Judicial review

• media

a term used to refer to the constitutional expectation that individuals receive equal treatment and to be free from unfair treatment or discrimination

• civil rights

• civil liberties

• checks and balances

• interest groups

principle that asserts that the people are the source of any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• gerrymandering

A group of people appointed for a specific function and typically consisting of members of a larger group.

• committee

• Political Action Committee (PAC)

• interest groups

• House of Representatives

The national legislative body of the US.

• Senate

• Supreme Court

• House of Representatives

• Congress

the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group

• gerrymandering

• general elections

• political parties

• campaign