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Worksheetselections 2000-2020
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 27mins
Political parties are groups of people that are organized based on their political beliefs and goals.
In the United States there are two main political parties:
Libertarian and Green
Whig and Federalist
Democrats and Republican
Pan and PRI
In this 2020 Presidential Election, the two main candidates are:
Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama
Kamala Harris and Michael Pence
John McCain and George W. Bush
In the USA, the Republican states are represented by the color...
orange
red
purple
yellow
In the USA, the Democratic states are represented by the color
blue
orange
pink
yellow
The political party which is considered to be more liberal is..
Democrat
Republican
The political party which is considered to be more conservative is..
Democrat
Republican
In the USA, liberal candidates in the Democratic Party are described as
left-wing
right-wing
west-wing
east-wing
In the USA, conservative candidates in the Republican Party are described as
west-wing
broken-wing
right-wing
left-wing
The 2020 Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate is...
Kamala Harris
Susan Rice
Condoleezza Rice
Michael Pence
To become President, the candidate must receive the majority of the Electoral College votes which equals:
270
283
435
538
The Presidential candidate who wins the popular vote may not necessarily win the election
True
False
The system by which the president and vice president of the United States are chosen is:
Ballot initiative
Debate
Caucus
Electoral college
The first woman to run for the presidency on a major party ticket in the United States was:
Sarah Palin
Hillary Clinton
Geraldine Ferraro
Kamala Harris
Who were the candidates in the 2008 Election?
Obama vs. McCain
Obama vs. Trump
Trump vs. Clinton
Bush vs. Gore
What historical first happened in the 2008 election?
Obama became the first African American President
Kamala became the first Indian American President
Joe Biden became the oldest president
The supreme court overruled the recount
What historical first happened in the 2020 election?
Obama became the first African American president
Kamala Harris became the first Indian/African American Vice President
Joe Biden became the oldest vice president
Donald Trump was fired from office
Which state changed the balance of power in the Senate in 2020?
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Pennsylvannia
Which state had problems with their election ballot causes a lot of confusion and a recount in the 2000 election?
Texas
Georgia
Florida
Pennsylvania
What impact did Ross Perot have on the 1992 election?
He was a 3rd party candidate who took votes away from both Bush and Clinton
He won the election
He publicized a scandal that led to Bush's defeat
He became the Republican nominee instead of President Bush
What was Ralph Nader's impact on the 2000 election?
He was the first third party candidate to win the presidency
He took conservative votes from Bush, giving Gore the victory
He split the vote in Florida causing calls for a recount and no one was declared a winner
He took liberal votes from Gore, giving Cheney a victory
What stopped the 2000 election recount which gave Bush the victory?
The Campaign Recount law passed by Congress
The Supreme Court's decision in Bush v Gore
President Clinton suspending election after November 8th
An FBI investigation showing mass voter fraud
What are third parties?
Parties that are not Democrats
Parties that are not Democrats nor Republicans
Parties that are not Republicans
Parties that are not minor parties
Which two elections in recent years were impacted by third parties?
2000
2016
1992
2008
