Political Parties and What They Do

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

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

• Nominating
• Watchdog
• Spoiler
• Informing the public

A political party is a group of _______________________________________________.

• who share the similar beliefs about government.
• who share the similar beliefs about the president.
• who share the similar beliefs about congress.
• who share the similar beliefs about the judicial branch

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

• True
• False

America has  a ___________ _______________ political system. 

• three party
• one party
• two party
• four party

Consider the following statements on parties :

A. Political parties do not enjoy much trust among the people.

B. Parties are often rocked by scandals involving top party leaders.

C. Parties are not necessary to run governments.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

• A, B and C

• A and B

• B and C

• A and C

What are the names of the two major political parties in the United States today?

• Green and Libertarian

• Socialist and Communist

• Democrats and Repubilcans

• Libertarians and Constitutionalists

What was our first president's opinion of political parties?

• He felt they were needed to keep our country strong.

• He believed that individual states could make their own determination whether to have political parties.

• He warned our country against political parties.

• Who was our first President?

Having no choices in political parties is a disadvantage of which political system?

• One-party system
• Two-party system
• Multi-party system

What does the U.S. Constitution say about political parties?

• Political parties are necessary for a united country
• Political parties are unconstitutional
• The Constitution says nothing about political parties
• Political parties are beneficial