Unit 3: Political Parties

The Federalists and Anti-Federalists disagreed mostly on

• Whether or not to declare independence from Britain

• The role of the two-party system in the US

• The role and adoption of the US Constitution

• Whether slavery should be allowed in new states

This President is viewed as the creator of the MODERN DAY Democratic Party, focusing on social programs like Social Security

• Ronald Reagan

• Barack Obama

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

• Andrew Jackson

The two sides of the political spectrum are:

• Liberals and Conservatives

• Republicans and Democrats

• Centralized and Decentralized

• Democrats and Liberals

The main purpose of US political parties is to:

• Educate voters on the issues

• Stop other parties from holding power

• Raise money for Congress

• Nominate candidates for office and try to get them to win

The Democratic Party tends to lean more

• Liberal

• Conservative

The Republican Party tends to lean more:

• Conservative

• Liberal

When a third party candidate pulls more votes away from one of the main candidates than the other, they are referred to as a

• Spoiler

• Watchdog

• Useless Candidate

• Lame-Duck

Split-Ticket Voting is when

• A person rips up their ballot out of protest.

• A voter leaves offices they don't want to vote for blank.

• a voter votes for candidates from more than one party

• A voter votes differently than others in their family

Shaping Public Policy is typically the main goal of

• Political Parties

• Interest Groups

• The Voting Public

• Liberals

Which of the following is NOT a way that interest groups try to influence the government:

• Lobbying for support

• Endorsing Candidates

• Raising Money

• Running for office