Political Parties Quiz 79 (60 MCQs)

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1. A party's state office hosts a conference for party members to discuss the party's goals for the state.
2. Where were the "Torries" from?
3. Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
4. Which of the following Americans was most likely to support the Democratic-Republican Party?
5. What is a state that sometimes votes Republican, and sometimes votes Democratic?
6. In most states (but not all), who usually draws district boundaries?
7. What is an open primary?
8. When someone is seeking to win public office, such as President, he or she is called a what?
9. 'Lotus' is a political symbol of which party?
10. Keeping citizens informed and holding leaders accountable is the primary role of the
11. How is representation determined in the House of Representatives?
12. The National Democratic Convention is an example of
13. Who won the case?
14. How many days before an election does registration close?
15. What are the two major parties of the United States.
16. Despite not recognizing the name of a candidate, a member of the electorate votes for every Republican candidate because he is a Republican. What does this best represent?
17. Local parties inform citizens largely through .....
18. Lotus is the symbol of the Bhartiya Janata Party
19. If you own some U.S. Treasury bonds:
20. Which of the following would be considered a "Conservative" US President?
21. How old do you have to be in order to vote
22. Which one is NOT one of the six types of propaganda?
23. What best describes Democratic Party politics?
24. Is voting a duty or responsibility?
25. An agreement made by the president with another country's leaders without needing the Senate's consent
26. A set of statements describing a party's view on major issues
27. What percent of the population currently votes?
28. Goal of political parties
29. Concurrent powers are those powers:
30. The candidate who received 270 (or more) electoral votes has won the:
31. The Labor party holds the seat of Moreton? True or False
32. In most states, a person can join a political party when registering to .....
33. The efforts of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his fellow civil rights workers resulted in
34. A politician who is "fiscally liberal" would MOST LIKELY support
35. Agreed with Hamilton's idea that the national government should absorb the states' Revolutionary War debt
36. What is another name for the Republican party?
37. Which party believed in the power of Congress over the president?
38. Which of the following is the most accurate statement about political parties in the US
39. Pick the best answer:Democratic-Republican believed that a government should be.
40. Political parties distribute literature (flyers, books, etc.) about their candidates in order to-
41. What are the qualifications to become President?
42. Party machines in large cities relied primarily on ..... to reward friends and punish enemies.
43. Mom is on the left of the political spectrum. She is for drastic changes, and she has progressive views. She believes that that it is the job of the government to help solve the issues in society. This makes her a/an
44. What is the definition of 'caucus'?
45. A committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations
46. Which of the following is NOT a factor in predicting which people will vote?
47. Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party took roughly 20% of the vote in the election of 1912. This MOST ACCURATELY shows that:
48. If voters choose to vote for candidates of more than one political party, they are voting a(n) .....
49. The terms Left and Liberal identifies
50. Dad is on the right of the political spectrum. He is against abrupt changes, and he has traditional views. He also wants as little government involvement and spending as possible. This makes him a/an
51. Political parties formed as an alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties, also known as minor parties
52. "The effect of party is to always supplant established power. In a monarchy it checks the king, in a democracy it controls ..... ?"
53. Which president warned against forming political parties?
54. System or organization for exercising authority over a body of people
55. This party favors lower taxes
56. Because of the high cost of campaigning, candidates must do all of these except
57. What party wanted a STRICT interpretation of the Constitution?
58. According to Federalist Party leaders, the ..... Acts, passed in 1798, would protect the nation's security.
59. Gave women the right to vote
60. The Whig party is .....