Political Parties

Which of the following was one of the original political parties in the United States (late 1700s.)

• Republicans

• Federalists

• Democrats

• Libertarians

Which of the following is a belief/ concern of Antifederalists like Thomas Jefferson

• supported the Constitution

• feared powerful national government would destroy liberty

• want to create the presidency

• against the Bill of Rights

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be a ____

• Democrat

• Federalist

• Populist

• Republican

Andrew Jackson was the first Democratic president elected in 1828. Which of the following was NOT a belief of this party in the early 1800s.

• support southern and western interests

• want to outlaw slavery

• support state's rights

• want to get rid of the property requirement to vote

Which is not a main belief associated with the Republican party today?

• keep taxes low and have less government programs/ spending

• conservative ideology/ traditional values

• less government regulation of the economy

• liberal ideology/ comfortable with changes in society/ new policy approaches

Which of the following was NOT a Democratic president during the 1900s?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Ronald Reagan

TODAY which political party is more likely to support states' rights over national intervention?

• Republican

• Democrat

When MORE than 2 candidates get significant numbers of votes in an election and votes are divided between the two most similar parties, sometimes the opposition party wins. This is called...

• the spoiler effect

• populism

• splinter party

• pluralism

The political party that supported workers rights and protections in the late 1800s was...

• Populists

• Libertarians

• Republicans

• Antifederlists

In the mid 1960s, much of the south switched their political support due to their opposition to the Civil Rights Movement. The party they began to support for the remainder of the 1900s was....

• Progressive

• Democrat

• Republican

• Green