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Civics SOL Review Standard 5: Political Process (Parties, Media, and Elections)

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Standard 5a-c: Political parties, the two party system and the role of media in campaigns
Standard 5d & 5e: Campaign costs & Voter registration
Standard 5f: The Electoral College
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Want or need extra practice? Try this matching activity which covers vocabulary or this activity on the similarities and differences between parties.
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Wanna know more about the costs of campaigns? Check out this infographic to see where the money goes.

Wanna know more about who votes and what affects political beliefs? Lots of cool charts at this link.
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SOL CE.5f - Most states have a _______ -_______ -_______ system for dividing up their electoral votes
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Want more practice? Play this who wants to be a millionaire game that covers all of Standard 5.

Or check out this interactive map of the Electoral College with 2024 election predictions.
SOL CE.5a - Political parties play a key role in government and provide citizens with opportunities to __________ in the political process.
Meddle
Participate
Dominate
SOL CE.5a – What are the functions of political parties? Check all that apply
Vetoing laws
Educating the public about campaign issues
Monitoring office holders
Nominating Supreme Court Justices
Recruiting candidates
Helping candidates win election
SOL CE.5b - The American political process is characterized by a ____ -- ________ system
Two-party
Public-private
Democratic-Republican
Three-party
SOL CE.5b - Third parties ________ win elections, but nevertheless they play an important role
Rarely
Frequently
Never
Often
SOL CE.5b - Both major parties try to win majority support by appealing to the political _________
Left
Right
Center
Spectrum
SOL CE.5b - True or false: Both major parties organize to win elections and influence policy
True
False
SOL CE.5b - The biggest differences between the two major parties can be found in their:
Desire to engage voters
Desire to influence policy
Platforms
Campaign spending
SOL CE.5b - If third parties have a low chance of winning elections, why do they participate? Check all that apply
To get people to distrust democracy
To introduce new ideas
To press for a particular issue
SOL CE.5c - What are some of the strategies for evaluating campaign speeches, literature, and advertisements for accuracy? Check all that apply
Reject information that goes against your beliefs
Detect bias
Identify propaganda
Separate fact from opinion
Evaluate sources
SOL CE.5c - What is the media?
Newspaper and TV only
Newspaper, TV, Internet
Libraries
SOL CE.5c - Drag all of the ways the media influences politics into the box below. Leave the rest!
Emphasizing selected issues
Recruiting candidates for political office
Writing editorials, political cartoons and op-Ed’s
Broadcasting different points of view
Raising money for political campaigns
Identifying candidates
Media’s influence on politics
SOL CE.5d – The high cost of getting elected gives an advantage to _____ candidates.
Wealthy
Educated
Rizzful
Skillful
SOL CE.5d – Rising campaign costs force candidates to engage in more ____________ activities
corrupt
political
fundraising
SOL CE.5d – Rising campaign costs have led to efforts to reform
The national debt
The Supreme Court nomination process
Campaign finance laws
The Electoral College
SOL CE.5d – Campaign finance laws limit
The amount individuals can contribute to political campaigns
The total amounts campaigns can spend on television advertising
The amount individuals can donate to PACs and Super PACs
SOL CE.5d – The Supreme Court decision in Citizens United versus the Federal Election commission gave individuals, businesses and unions the ability to donate _________ amounts of money to PACs and Super PACs
strictly limited
unlimited
SOL CE.5d – What do PACs do?
coordinate to implement policy
set rules for presidential primaries
raise and spend money to elect or defeat political candidates
appoint federal justices
SOL CE.5e - A citizen who wishes to vote must first
pass a basic civics test
take the citizenship exam
register
pay a poll tax
SOL CE.5e - The number of people registered to vote is related to
how important potential voters find the issues
the amount of the tax to register
how close people live to the state capitol
how close people live to the voter registration office
SOL CE.5e - To register to vote in Virginia you must: (check all that apply)
register with one of the two major parties
be at least 18 years old by Election Day
be a US citizen
be a resident of Virginia
work in Virginia
SOL CE.5e - These factors predict who votes: (check all that apply)
Income
Age
Education
Whether the person is registered as a Democrat or Republican
SOL CE.5e - The percentage of voters who participate in presidential elections is usually _______ than the percentage of voters who participate in state and local elections.
less
greater
SOL CE.5e - Every vote is
meaningless
important
not usually counted
SOL CE.5e - Drag the amendment to its correct number
gave vote to formally enslaved Black men
gave vote to women
lowered voting age to 18
outlawed charging taxes to vote
gave people of DC right to vote in presidential elections
15th
19th
23rd
24th
26th
SOL CE.5f - The ______________ process is used to select the President and Vice President of the United States
Election
Popular vote
Electoral College
Legislative
SOL CE.5f - How does the electoral college and the winner-take-all system impact campaigns?
It has very little impact on how campaigns make decisions
campaigns target states with the largest number of electoral votes
campaigns spend more time in small states
SOL CE.5f - The number of electoral votes each state gets is based on:
the percentage of voters registered with each party
the amount of federal taxes paid by residents of the state
the number of House members and Senators from the state
the number of representatives in the state legislature (such as Virginia’s General Assembly)
SOL CE.5f - Electors cast their votes _________ the popular vote
Before
After
Instead of
During
SOL CE.5f - The Electoral College leads candidates to pay more attention to _______ states
liberal
rural
conservative
swing
SOL CE.5f - True or false: Most states award all their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote in the state
True
False
SOL CE.5f - A candidate needs ____ votes to win the electoral college
100
535
270
435
SOL CE.5f - The Electoral College favors the development of a _____-________ system
democratic-republican
liberal-conservative
two-party