This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 138 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 138 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these would be needed to have a successful third party at the presidential level? A) High levels of affective polarization. B) Radical positions. C) A popular candidate. D) An Electoral College system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A popular candidate. 2. Third parties A) Are likely to win the Electoral College. B) Are very popular within the US. C) Often take away votes from the two major parties. D) Center on a variety of different issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Often take away votes from the two major parties. 3. A process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot. A) Initiative. B) Political Party. C) Planks. D) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Initiative. 4. The Constitution does not explicitly give the government the power to create institutions like a National Bank. A) Federalists. B) Democratic Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic Republicans. 5. Who nominates new Supreme Court Justices? A) The President. B) The Electoral College. C) Congress. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The President. 6. The map illustrates the results of a presidential election. What change did this election bring about in American politics? A) A decline in executive power over national policy. B) The end of the spoils system as a mechanism for political appointments. C) A shift in political power from elites to average Americans. D) The growing influence of corporations and businesses interests in politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A shift in political power from elites to average Americans. 7. Which act forced immigrants to wait 14 years before they could become citizens? A) Alien Act. B) Immigration Act. C) Sedition Act. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alien Act. 8. Series of statements expressing the political parties principles, beliefs, and positions on election issues A) Third party. B) Platform. C) Two party system. D) Political party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Platform. 9. Political parties provide candidates with a lot of the money and support they need to run a campaign. So almost all candidates for president are members of a political party. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. All political parties have access ballot in all 50 states. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Which political party was for tariffs and taxes? A) Federalist. B) Democratic-Republican. C) Whig. D) Know-Nothing Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalist. 12. Position statements on each specific issue in a party's platform. A) Planks. B) Canvass. C) Platform. D) Patronage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planks. 13. An example of a single-issue party was the A) Democratic. B) Whig. C) Prohibition. D) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prohibition. 14. Which political ideology wants slow, steady change, a change that can be explained(usually done in some other country), and does not want to use violence to enact this change? A) Moderate. B) Conservative. C) Revolutionary. D) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liberal. 15. Con (disadvantage) of a two-party system A) Seen as simpler. B) Both parties cover wide variety of issues and attract many supporters. C) Lead to standstills. D) Easier presentation of information (only two sides). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lead to standstills. 16. If the President does not sign or veto a bill and the Congress is out of session during the 10 day period, the bill does not becomes a law. This is called A) Filibuster. B) Fence. C) Pigeonhole. D) Pocket veto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pocket veto. 17. What does E stand for in the RACE Method? A) Explore possibilities. B) End response. C) Cite evidence. D) Explain answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explain answer. 18. General election A) An election held to choose which candidate will hold office. B) A referendum on a specific issue. C) A vote of confidence in a government. D) A plebiscite to decide on a policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An election held to choose which candidate will hold office. 19. A condition in which one or more houses of the legislature is controlled by the party in opposition to the executive A) Party polarization. B) Divided government. C) Party-in-government. D) Party-in-the-electorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divided government. 20. Parties are a necessary condition for a A) Democracy. B) Authoritarian. C) Dictatorship. D) None of the above. 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