Social Studies: 1 7 th Period

1. Social Studies: 17th Period Vocabulary Words And Definitions

2. Primaries • Elections held in order to pick candidates running for election.

3. Slogan • Phrase used by a candidate during a campaign

4. President • Commander-in-chief

5. Polling places • Place where citizens cast ballot to vote for candidate and issues

6. Discrimination • Prejudice

7. Vote • Make your choice

8. Ballot • Arrange a vote by secret election

9. Constitution • Law of the land explaining the make up of government and natural rights as citizens

10. Convention • Festive traditional event held by parties to agree upon a candidate

11. Constitution • Made up of: • 1) The Preamble • 2) Articles (I – VII) • 3) The 27 Amendments

12. Ballot • Arrange a vote of available issues and candidates to choose

13. Tradition • Something that is repeated over many generations

14. Delegate Representative that participates in the nominating procedure of picking a candidate

15. Suffragette • Woman who participated in the movement demanding for the right of woman to vote • Main contributor for the ratification of the 19th Amendment

16. NAACP • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

17. Political Action Committee (PAC) • an organization or a group of people who want to support a certain cause

18. Party Platform • what a specific party believes about issues of importance in an election

19. Campaign • organized effort which seeks to influence the decision-making process with a specific group

20. Privilege • a special right or benefit that a person has

21. Keynote Address • a speech given by a rising star or important member of a political party at • their convention

22. Poll Tax • a tax placed on an individual who wants to vote

23. Media • a tool used to store and deliver information or data

24. Martin Luther King, Jr. • the civil rights leader who led a march in Alabama to protest voter • discrimination

25. Debate • a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints

26. 19th Amendment • the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote

27. Electoral College • consists of the electors appointed by each state who formally elect the President

28. Election Day • the day on which political elections are held

29. Candidate • – a person who participates in a campaign for a public office

30. Fundraiser • a process of soliciting and gathering voluntary contributions

31. Donation • money received from supporters

32. Nominate • – to select a candidate for election to an office by political party

33. Patriotic • when a person shows loyalty to their country

34. Campaign Participants

35. Government • Presidential Democracy or Representative Republic

36. Popular Vote • Most votes

37. Electoral Vote • consists of the electors appointed by each state who formally elect the President

38. Issues in Voting

39. Process of electing President

40. Health Insurance

41. Illegal Immigrants

42. Immigrants

43. Economy Issues

44. Environment Issues

45. Constitution Day

46. Patriotic

47. involved

48. Leader

49. Decide

50. Topic