Unit 2A Test Review

Which is a requirement for a person to become a naturalized U.S. citizen?

• Marrying a U.S. citizen and having a child with that person.

• Being a legal resident of the U.S. for at least five years.

• Gaining employment in the U.S. for at least five years.

• Reaching age eighteen while living in the U.S. capital.

The image below describes a citizen's obligation. Based on this image, what can be presumed about citizen obligations?

• Citizens support attending civic meetings.

• Citizens resist registering for selective service.

• Citizens support securing individual rights.

• Citizens resist contributing to the common good.

Which type of election takes place after voters have selected their party’s candidate in the primary?

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

• General Election

• Caucus

__________ are geographic areas that each city or county is divided into as election districts.

• precincts

• counties

• wards

• zones

Candidates who run for office in the general election are chosen in ________ elections.

• primary

• secondary

• final

• preliminary

Rather than registering as members of a political party, some people choose to register as ______________.

• Independent

• Democrat

• Republican

• Libertarian

“I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the State. . . .
Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. . . . The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. . . . And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.”
—George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796

This passage suggests Washington believes political parties will?

• ensure the civil liberties of all citizens.

• have harmful effects on the nation.

• lead to higher taxes.

• protect the United States from foreign powers.

What does Washington think American citizens should do about political parties in the United States?

• look to other nations for advice

• oppose them

• support them

• write laws allowing only two at a time

To win a primary in most states, a candidate must receive a

• ballot recommendation

• majority of votes

• plurality of votes

• petition from qualified voters

What is the main event at a national party convention?

• raising money for the national election

• recruiting volunteers to campaign for the party

• nominating a candidate for president

• preparing television and radio advertisements