| A | B |
|---|
| Liberal | believes government should promote proagrams for social good, rights, and lower military spending |
| Conservative | Favors traditional values, people take care of each other, not government |
| Disenfranchise | take away voting rights |
| Suffrage/Franchise | Right to vote |
| lobby/Lobbyist | works to persuade elected officials to support a cause |
| Politcal Action Committee (PAC) | raises money for special interest groups |
| Primary Election | members of a party vote to pick their candidate for an office |
| Caucus | meeting for party leaders to select candidate |
| Electoral College | Indirect participation in Presidential Elections |
| Legal immigration | legal permission to leave one country and settle another |
| Illegal Immigration | settling in a country without the legal paperwork/documents |
| Refugee | One who flees to another country to escape war or persecution |
| Asylum | protection from another country's government |
| Five Themes of Citizenship | Honesty, Compassion, Respect, Responsibility, Courage |
| Citizen | Someone born in the country or to a parent who is a citizen |
| Naturalization processs | process of becoming a citizen, includes application, exam, etc. |
| Domestic | applies to events or laws inside the country |
| Foreign | applies to events or laws outside the country |
| One-Party system | All officials of the government belong to a single party |
| Two Party System | People and government are divided into 2 major parties that have all the power |
| Multi-party system | Many different parties exist, most common in Europe |
| The Left | refers to the left side of the political spectrum, democrats |
| The Right | refers to the lright side of the political spectrum, republicans |
| Republican | Conservative party, believes in small government and state's rights |
| Democrat | Liberal Party, believes in government programs and common good |
| General Election | occurs the 2nd Tuesday in November, Congress and President elected |
