chapter 8

a political party is an organization

• that falls under section 501(c)(4) of the united states tax code

• established by the constitution to nominate candidates

• that tries to influence the government by getting its members elected to office

• that collects fees from its members in order to pat the salaries of government officials

the main goal of political parties is to

• raise the most money

• create the party platform

• control the government

• nominate candidates

throughout its history, american politics has been dominated by

• one major political party

• two major political parties

• three major political parties

• four major political parties

the term partisanship refers to

• an individual’s psychological ties to one party to another

• the structure of a political party including leadership and staff

• identification with or support with a particular party or cause

• parties that organize against the two major parties

the american system for electing members of congress is often referred to as 'winner takes all" because

• there are very few constraints on the kinds of laws that a member of congress can propose once elected

• there are no term limits that prevent how long serving representatives from remaining in office

• runners up do not gain seats in the government

• whichever political party receives the most votes in the country overall is guaranteed a majority in the house and the senate

what is a two party system

• a system, laid out in the constitution that calls for only two major parties to compete in most elections

• a system in which two parties have a realistic opportunity to compete in most elections

• a system in which political parties tend to form factions within themselves that is to say a single political party forming a liberal and a conservative wing

• a system in which political parties act at two levels; a local level more responsive to members, and a nation

  al level more responsive to countrv-wide

  interests

the federalist party disappeared in part as a result of

• lincoln election in 1860

• the war of 1812

• alexander hamiltons death in the duel with aaron burr

• the civil war

between 1812 and 1830 the united states had

• three political parties: the federalist, the jefferson republicans, and the whigs

• two political parties: the federalist and the jefferson republicans

• one political party: the jefferson republicans

• one political party: the federalist

the two major parties in the US during the 1830s and 1840s were the ____ and the ____

• federalist, jerfferson

• federalist, whigs

• democratic, whigs

• democratic, republican

from the end of the civil war to the 1890s, the ___ party was the party of the north, while the ___ party was of the south

• democratic, republican

• republican, democratic

• federalist, whig

• whig, federalist