REVIEW Q2 Quiz

What are the 2 main political parties in the U.S.?

• Libertarian and Socialist

• Republican and Democrat

• Green and Democrat

• Communist and Libertarian

A political party is . . .

• people who want to become president

• a group of organizations with different political views

• a group of people who oppose the government

• an organized group of like minded people who share the same political views

What does it mean to be politically independent?

• People choose a different party each time they vote

• People are free from voting and participating

• People choose candidates who believe in liberty

• People don't want to identify with any party

A _______________ is a document that describes the party's views on all the major issues facing the nation.

• party

• platform

• republican

• democrat

Candidates are elected to office to work to ____________________________.

• pass laws and solve problems

• create conflict with the opposing party

• help people get jobs

• to do what their party tells them to do

The one with the most elected members who can easily influence laws by getting its members to vote the same way is called _________________________________

• majority party

• republican party

• minority party

• democratic party

The stand the government makes about how an issue should be handled is called ___________________________.

• candidates

• ballot access

• public policy

• private policy

Which branch enforces the laws?

• judicial

• executive

• legislative

• independent

The legislative branch _____________________________________

• breaks the laws

• enforces the laws

• interprets the laws

• makes the laws

The _________ branch _______ the laws.

• judicial, interprets

• legislative, interprets

• executive, makes

• congress, vetos