STAAR Review - Political Parties

Why did many farmers, artisans, and former Anti-Federalists support the Democratic-Republican Party?

• The Democratic-Republicans favored the expansion of a strong national government

• The Democratic-Republicans supported strict restrictions on immigration

• The Democratic-Republicans supported the use of tariffs

• The Democratic-Republicans favored states' rights and the rights of the common man

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8.5C

Which pair contributed to the development of political parties in the United States?

• Continental Army & English Army

• George Washington & Paul Revere

• Virginia Plan & New Jersey Plan

• Thomas Jefferson & Alexander Hamilton

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8.5C

The organization of the first U.S. political parties resulted in large part from disagreements over which issue?

• The purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France

• The election of George Washington to a second term as president

• The establishment of the First Bank of the United States

• The attack on the Port of Tripoli in North Africa

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8.5C

The first political parties in the United States formed mainly in response to disagreements over -

• taxation without representation

• the doctrine of judicial review

• territorial expansion to the west

• the extent of federal power

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8.5C

Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to -

• the creation of reservations for American Indians

• a struggle to ratify the Bill of Rights

• the establishment of the first U.S. political parties

• a compromise over slavery in western territories

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8.5C

The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans emerged as separate political parties partly as a result of disagreement over -

• how the nation should develop economically

• whether to enforce the Monroe Doctrine

• how the nation should admit new states

• whether to approve the Declaration of Independence

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8.5C

Match the following leader to the political party

• Republicans

• Abraham Lincoln

• Democrats

• Thomas Jefferson

• Federalists

• Andrew Jackson

• Democratic-Republicans

• Alexander Hamilton

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8.5C

The first political parties in the United States were established in the 1790s largely because of political differences between -

• John Adams and Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Paine

• George Washington and James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

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8.5C

Which of the following is most associated with the formation of the Democratic Party?

• the election of Andrew Jackson as president

• the use of protective tariffs

• the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

• The abolition movement

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8.5C

Where did followers of these political parties live?

a

b

Federalists

Democratic-Republicans

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8.5C