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| Institution that sets policies for our society; it is a structure and institution that resolves conflicts; allocates resources and benefits |
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How the institution sets policies; the direction they go to resolve conflicts
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| pop culture is valuable; our pop culture can be a catalyst for change in our society; can spark change before it happens |
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| a theory that where pop culture and politics affect eachother at the same time. |
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| A type of purpose for political movies/TV/music where the main objective is to improve knowledge of a certain subject to an audience |
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| A type of purpose that can teach both the negative and positive aspects of a certain political topic which provides more knowleadge about an event, person or concept |
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| satire; overly exaggerating a certain topic in order to emphasize the problems with that topic (i.e. Saturday Night Live) |
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| a puprose of pol movies/tv/music in order to help people have a better understanding of an event or to help release tension or fear (i.e. Not Ready to Make Nice) |
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| the artist wants to see change, so they ultimately uses certain med to help evoke that change |
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| How do they determine the number of reps in the House of Representatives? |
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| The population of the specific states. The greater the population the more reps |
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| Are their term limits for Congress members? |
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| No, there is no term limits |
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| Senators go up for re-election every ____ years. |
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| Hous of representatives go up for re-election every ____ years. |
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| How many total Congressmen are there? |
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| How many Senators does each state have? |
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| What are the 3 major functions of Congress? |
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| (1) Lawmaking (2) Representation (3) Oversight |
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| What is the only way to stop a Filibuster? |
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| Cloture Must get 60 votes from senators (majority of Senate) which limits the debate to 30 hours. |
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| Senator holds the floor and can talk for as long as your can stand and talk |
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| Regards campaign money that can be donated to a specific party which can be unlimited |
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| When you give money to a specific political candidate (limited) |
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