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WorksheetsHistory Republicans v Democrats
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
Republicans switched from the party of "ambitious expansion of federal power" to the party of decreasing federal government, in part because...
a)
Expansion of federal power once meant the growth of industry but after the campaign of W.J.Bryan, expansion of federal authority empathized government's role in social justice (antithetical to the promotion of free market)
b)
Republicans grew tired of the gradual and often slow law making process and wanted to move policy at the state level.
c)
The democratic party had a series of successes in the mid 1800s, which left the republicans without power. They therefore held a platform of reducing the size of the federal government in hopes of limiting the democrats power.
2.
When did the small government platform become cemented in republican ideals?
a)
Directly after the 1896 election cycle of McKinnely v Bryan.
b)
In the 1930s over heated opposition to the New Deal.
c)
After the ratification of the 18th Amendment banning alcohol.
3.
What was one tactic the democrats used to ingratiate themselves as the party of big government?
a)
Democrats campaigned to the working class in the new western states who needed federal assistance. They argued that the republican led federal government favored big businesses and that the democrats would use the federal government to benefit the working person, not big business.
b)
Democrats used redistricting to increase their majorities in Congress and then passed mandates to the states. It was the public that saw the democrats as big government after years of central policies.
c)
Democrats used grassroots campaigning to push a platform of higher taxation to pay for transportation and other public goods during the expansion of the west.
4.
True or False: The democrats emphasis on federal funding of social programs and benefits from the 1890s through the 1930s, forced the republicans to gradually become the counter-party of hands-off government.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
True of False: The republicans never really switched platforms. They began as the party of big business and remained such despite the change in rhetoric about the size and scope of the federal government.
a)
True
b)
Fase
6.
In other words, early on, businesses needed things that only big government could provide (ex: tariffs, stable currency) but once policies were in place, a small hands-off government worked just as well. And since the democrats had usurped the role of the federal government in an attempt to equalize opportunity and limit businesses, they had no choice.
a)
This is the answer to why the apparent switch
b)
yup
7.
So, what your saying is that the parties are essentially split on how business should act in a capitalistic economy and whom growth should benefit... and the social issues are secondary to the goals of the parties in regards to making money.
a)
No, that's not what I'm saying
b)
Yes, that's what I'm saying
8.
When and where was the present-day Republican Party founded?
a)
Atlanta, Georgia 1825
b)
Boise, Idaho 1890
c)
Jackson, Michigan 1854
9.
In terms of the secession, republicans were split into two camps, the moderates who aligned with President Lincoln believing reconstruction should also be a reentry into the warm body of the union and the radicals who thought the South should be severely punished.
What was the effect of Andrew Johnson (Lincoln's successor) taking the moderate approach?
What was the effect of Andrew Johnson (Lincoln's successor) taking the moderate approach?
a)
Appeasment trickled down and radicals sweep into power and orchestrated the impeachment of Johnson (although aquitted in the Senate).
b)
Reconstruction under Johnson's rule was smooth and the party realigned into a party of moderate reformation.
c)
Johnson was assassinated by angry union soldiers.
10.
True of False: The parties have had a long history of swinging to the radical right and left but finding their way back to the "old guard" moderate factions of both parties.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Who's election in 1928 carried the South for the first time since the Civil War?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
McKinnely
c)
Hoover
12.
After the stock market crash and the failure of pro-business economics...
a)
Republicans were swept out of office and began a new platform of saving business from the federal government, not with the federal government.
b)
Led to republicans fleeing their party and joining the democrats in social justice and economic reform.
c)
Millions of republicans fled to Australia and instituted one of the most free-market systems in the world.
13.
Who were the first group to call themselves Democrats?
a)
Jeffersonians who advocated a society based on the small farmer,not the elite who held sway with the federal government.
b)
The Whigs who pushed for a more inclusive party that benefited urban workers.
c)
Westerners looking to make their own laws and regulations during the time of western expansion.
14.
The Democratic party split in 1860 after nearly 30 years in power. What was the issue that split the party?
a)
Regulation of the shipping industry.
b)
Slavery - North v South
c)
Suffrage
15.
Who was the first presidential nominee to include Populist planks in the democratic platform, moving the party to a party of social justice and equality?
a)
Herbert Hoover
b)
William Jennings Bryan
c)
Grover Clevelend
16.
From the 1960's to the election of 2016, the democratic party (holding to its original platform) was known as the party of...
a)
laborers
b)
small business owners
c)
women
17.
Name the election that Church argued moved the parties from disputes about economic growth (bottom up v top down) to disputes about who was more stupid.
a)
Carter v Reagan
b)
Bush v Gore
c)
Obama v McCain
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