Students of Civics Unit 4: Political Parties

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What are the two sides of the political spectrum?

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Liberals and Conservatives

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All of the following are functions of political parties except... educating the electorate, recruiting and nominating candidates, helping monitor poll taxes, monitoring the actions of officeholders

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helping monitor poll taxes

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Selecting people to run for office represents which job of political parties?

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Nominating

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Presidential debates are an important part of the political process. Which function best describes the purpose of these debates?

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Educating the electorate about campaign issues

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Where along the political spectrum do both political parties try to win votes in the general election?

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in the middle

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How a political party feels on certain issues is stated in their...

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platform

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What is the form of government where the citizens rule?

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Democracy

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Political parties inform supporters by -

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using the media

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A collection of all the efforts a candidate makes to win an election.

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campaign

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In America, a political party other than Republican or Democratic is called a -

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third party