Introduction to Political Parties

Political Parties

By Christina Camacho

Multiple Choice

A group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government is called a....................

• Federal

• Union

• Political Party

• Pressure group

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Led by Thomas Jefferson

• Democratic Republicans

• Federalists

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Led by Alexander Hamilton

• Democratic Republicans

• Federalists

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Political parties formed because ___________.

• they were required by the United States Constitution

• the United States government was too weak without them

• people had different ideas about what government should do

• without them the government would have too much power

Multiple Choice

The Republican party was first made up of _____________.

• enslaved people and minorities

• people who opposed slavery

• people who supported slavery

• people who had no opinion on slavery

Multiple Choice

Political parties are mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. 

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

Name of Minor Parties

• Libertarian

• Green Party

• Constitutional Party

• All are correct

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Types of Third Parties

• Ideological, Single Issue, Economic Protest, Splinter

• Freedom, Unreasonable, Closed

• Right, Wrong, Left, Right

• Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Catholic

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Roles of Third Parties

• Spoiler

• Critic

• Innovator

• All Are Correct

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A third party united around a(n) ___________ will likely last a long time.

• common ideology

• catchy slogan

• single issue

• single issue with a strong personality

Multiple Choice

Third parties are important because they can make voters aware of important issues.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

third party

• a series of statements expressing the party's principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues

• a system of government in which two parties compete for power

• a political party that challenges the two major parties

• to place special importance or emphasis on something

Multiple Choice

In most states, the Winner-Takes-All system exists. Meaning the Presidential candidate that gets the most votes by the people, gets all the electoral votes for the state.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Political parties in the United States originated partly because of a political feud between between which of the following two people?

• Marshall and Adams.

• Adams and Jackson.

• Lincoln and Douglas.

• Hamilton and Jefferson.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following third party candidates impacted the 1992 election by spoiling the popular vote for the Republicans?

• George Wallace
• Ron Paul
• Ralph Nader
• H. Ross Perot

Multiple Choice

Reasons for a two party system?

• History, Tradition, Electoral System, Ideology

• Constituion

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

There is _______ in the Constitution that requires the United States to have two political parties.

• an amendment

• legislation

• nothing

• provision

Multiple Choice

A person who does not belong to a political party is sometimes called an ___________.

• communist

• independent

• outsider

• socialist

Multiple Choice

__________ is the only president in U.S. history who refused to get involved in party politics.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Barack Obama

• George Washington