Question 1

Political parties serve to

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A)  link the public with its elected leaders.
B)  enable people with different backgrounds and opinions to act together.
C)  offer the public a choice between policies and leaders.
D)  provide potential leaders an opportunity to attain public office.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Why have the Democratic and Republican parties been so durable as to maintain existence since the Civil War? Explain.

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Question 3

What was especially unique about the "Era of Good Feeling"?

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A)  Political parties were banned.
B)  President Monroe ran unopposed in 1820.
C)  Jefferson's faction adopted the label "Republican".
D)  The president and vice president were from competing parties.
E)  Federalists won the election of 1820.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 4

A(n) ________ party is a minor party that bases its appeal on the claim that the major parties are having a corrupting influence on government and policy.

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A)  third
B)  reform
C)  single-issue
D)  ideological
E)  factionalF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 5

In twentieth-century American history,the most important minor parties were ________ parties.

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A)  ideological
B)  single-issue
C)  factional
D)  reform
E)  non-alignedF) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

The first American political parties emerged from the conflict between

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A)  slave states and free states.
B)  the older eastern states and the newer western states.
C)  small farmers and states' rights advocates,and those favoring commercial and wealthy interests.
D)  business and labor.
E)  Protestants and Catholics.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

Which of the following is an accurate representation of the public's opinion about leaders and their accountability?

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A)  Most citizens have a high opinion of Congress as a whole,but say they have little confidence in their local representative in Congress.
B)  Most citizens have a high opinion of both Congress as a whole and their local representative in Congress.
C)  Most citizens have a low opinion of Congress as a whole,but say they have confidence in their local representative in Congress.
D)  Most citizens have a low opinion of Congress as a whole and also of their local representative in Congress.
E)  Most citizens do not feel that their local representatives in Congress should be held accountable for the votes they have to make in order to stay in line with their party's platform.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 8

Regarding state party organizations,the day-to-day operation is usually the responsibility of the

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A)  central committee.
B)  state chairperson.
C)  national chairperson who oversees all state party organizations.
D)  state governor or top leaders in the legislative branch.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 9

How do European parties differ from American parties?

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Question 10

What demographic is key to the future of both parties?

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A)  Hispanic voters
B)  African American voters
C)  middle-class voters
D)  Jewish voters
E)  the senior voteF) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

________ does not have a competitive multiparty system.

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A)  Germany
B)  Italy
C)  The Netherlands
D)  The United States
E)  SwedenF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

What party has made big gains in recent decades among white fundamentalist Christians,based on its positions on topics like abortion and school prayer?

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A)  Democratic
B)  Republican
C)  Green
D)  Socialist
E)  ReformF) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

The Democratic Party's long-time regional stronghold,"the Solid South",stemmed from a realignment during which historical period?

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A)  Civil War era
B)  1890s
C)  Great Depression
D)  1980s
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

Which of the following are key players in the modern campaign?

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A)  pollsters
B)  media producers
C)  fundraising specialists
D)  campaign consultants
E)  All these answers are correct.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Which of the following represents the greatest blow to the organizational strength of U.S.parties?

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A)  the national convention
B)  the direct primary
C)  Jacksonian democracy
D)  the emergence of PACs
E)  voter registrationF) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 16

In the recent elections,which voting demographic has become a more cohesive voting bloc that has sided heavily with the Democratic Party,seeing it as more closely aligned with their interests?

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A)  Hispanics
B)  African Americans
C)  the middle class
D)  the affluent
E)  seniorsF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

The winner-take-all system is also known as the ________ system.

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A)  plurality
B)  majority
C)  minority
D)  democratic
E)  proportionalF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

The election of ________ was a realigning election.

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A)  1840
B)  1872
C)  1932
D)  1960
E)  1976F) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 19

,the Supreme Court

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A)  found private citizens should not have limits on the amount of money they can spend on campaigns.
B)  found corporations and unions could not be banned from spending money on campaigns.
C)  found private citizens had the same free speech rights as corporations.
D)  found corporate and union donations to campaigns was not covered as a form of free speech.
E)  invalidated the government's use of an elections commission to regulate campaign donations.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

Andrew Jackson's contribution to the development of political parties was the

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A)  forging of a coalition of Democrats and Whigs.
B)  introduction of primary elections.
C)  formation of a new type of grassroots party organization.
D)  formation of the Federalist Party.
E)  formation of the Republican Party.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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The winner-take-all system is also known as the ________ system.

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