This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 134 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 134 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Illustrations containing political or social messages that relate to current events. A) Campaign. B) Media. C) PAC Political Action Committee. D) Political Cartoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political Cartoon. 2. Who supported the democratic republicans A) Farmers, tradespeople, frontier settlers. B) Bankers, lawyers, manufactures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farmers, tradespeople, frontier settlers. 3. Right to Life, Legalize Drugs, Fix the Pothles on 17th A) Examples of single issue parties. B) Examples of splinter parties. C) Examples of economic protest parties. D) Examples of ideological parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Examples of single issue parties. 4. Which president campaigned to prevent the spread of slavery to new states and territories? A) Richard Nixon. B) Abraham Lincoln. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) Andrew Jackson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abraham Lincoln. 5. We're seeing right now a party dealignment-where increasing numbers of American voters are leaving the two main parties (and declaring themselves as "Independent"). What percentage now make this claim? A) 13%. B) 24%. C) 42%. D) 68%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 42%. 6. This party is in favor of higher taxes for the wealthy. A) Democrats. B) Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democrats. 7. A candidate must submit a petition to be included on an election ballot if they are ..... A) A democratic candidate. B) A republican candidate. C) A third party candidate. D) An unqualified candidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A third party candidate. 8. The range of political views A) Political spectrum. B) Political party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political spectrum. 9. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were the leaders of which party? A) Federalist. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic-Republicans. 10. Why are third parties important? A) They often win the presidential election. B) They introduce new ideas or press for a particular issue. C) They raise a lot of money for candidates. D) They identify propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They introduce new ideas or press for a particular issue. 11. Parties are not about a part of the society and thus involve partnership. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 12. Why did Alexander Hamilton think a national bank would strengthn the central government? A) The bank would help provide stability for the US. economy. B) The bank would create a monopoly that would eliminate state banks. C) The bank would encourage foreign competition for manufactured goods. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bank would help provide stability for the US. economy. 13. True or false:We have many parties, but only two that make a big impact. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 14. Name the 2 parts of Congress. A) President and Supreme Court. B) House of Representatives & Senate. C) Supreme Court & Senate. D) House of Representatives & Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) House of Representatives & Senate. 15. The Democratic and Republican parties are similar because they A) Share the same political platform. B) Appeal only to voters with liberal views. C) Have little influence on public policy. D) Organize to win elections. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organize to win elections. 16. Constituent A) 30 yrs old, live in the state that they are running in, citizen for 9 yrs. B) Any one of the people who live and vote in an area:a member of a constituency. C) To reject. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Any one of the people who live and vote in an area:a member of a constituency. 17. Competition between candidates to run for public office A) CANDIDATE. B) NOMINATE. C) CAMPAIGN. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CAMPAIGN. 18. The people entitled to vote in a given election are known as A) Platform. B) Electorate. C) Representatives. D) Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electorate. 19. A direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal, usually a piece of legislation. A) Referendum. B) Intiative. C) Recall. D) Primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Referendum. 20. The two dominant political parties in America. A) Major parties. B) Third parties. C) Independent. D) Primary. 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