"Vote for Me: Politics in America" video vocabulary

"Vote for Me: Politics in America" video vocabulary

Name: __________________________________________________________
Period: _________________

1. Oliver "Ollie" North
2. Newt Gingrich
3. Ray Charles
4. tenacity
5. pundits
6. precinct
7. invariably
8. ego
9. jaded
10. "happy warrior"
11. rolodex
12. Dennis Kucinich
13. strategy
14. Barney Frank
15. apathetic
16. Founding Fathers
17. alderman
18. Guiness
19. ward
20. city council
21. antiquated
22. initially
23. gamma rays
24. tangible
25. Jehovah's Witnesses
26. intimidate
27. argumentative
28. ethnic
29. prediction
30. Tip O'Neil
31. C.I.A.
32. CEO
33. shamrock
34. "riding coat tails"
35. precinct captain
36. journalist
37. Sammy Davis Jr.
38. Richard Daley
39. Fiorello La Guardia
40. "press the flesh"
41. Mario Cuomo
42. Magical Mystery Tour
43. "whistle stop tour"
44. Harry S. Truman
45. unconventional
46. ritual
47. plaza
48. marketable commodity
49. mystical
50. Ann Richards
51. "forced march"
52. constituents
53. pollster
54. Lincoln-Douglas Debate
55. slaughterhouse
56. "graveyard shift"
57. Odyysey
58. maniacal
59. union
60. Willie Horton
61. Nazi
62. "court stacking"
63. "kike" (bear in mind this is considered an offensive word, i.e., slang)
64. pornography
65. Jefferson
66. Adams
67. pictorially
68. chastity
69. French Revolution
70. Terminator
71. "tax & spend" candidate
72. surrogate
73. ironic
74. Lyn Nofziger
75. Federalist Party

Mid-Term Assessment Answer

What alternative policy could the British have adopted toward Ireland in
the 1800s?

The British could have allowed home rule. Canada, Australia, and New Zealand all established home rule and were much happier and prosperous as a result. Ireland never was allowed any such freedom. They suffered under British oppression as a result. The Irish were starving in the Great Potato Famine, homes were being foreclosed, many were forced to emigrate, yet, England never relented. With home rule for Ireland, England would have enjoyed a loyal subject, yet, one that was based on more democratic principles, and a more equitable economic union.