This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 171 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 171 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sedition means activities aimed at weakening the government. The Alien and Sedition Acts allowed the president to do this ..... A) Deport the aliens back to their country. B) Become friends with the aliens. C) Imprison or arrest aliens. D) Leave the aliens alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imprison or arrest aliens. 2. List four ways some states prevented the enforcement of the fifteenth amendment. A) Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, intimidation tactics. B) Violence and threats. C) White primaries. D) Property ownership requirements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, intimidation tactics. 3. What is the symbol of the Republican party? A) Blue Donkey. B) American Flag. C) Red Cross. D) Red Elephant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red Elephant. 4. The Free Soil Party was primarily concerned about the spread of slavery. It is an example of a(n) A) Ideological party. B) Single issue party. C) Economic protest party. D) Splinter party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Single issue party. 5. Which party believed that industry and manufacturing was the key to the economic success of America? A) Federalists. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalists. 6. True or False:The Constitution does not mention anything about political parties. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. In order to win an election, a party is most likely to ..... A) Appeal to the political center. B) Propose cuts to popular programs. C) Divide campaign funds between candidates equally. D) Organize leaders of special interest groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to the political center. 8. What is Inauguration Day? A) Election Day. B) The day that marks the President's 4 year term in office. C) The day that marks the President's 4 year term ending. D) The day that candidates hold a debate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The day that marks the President's 4 year term in office. 9. Jordan Schneider is 22 years old, a citizen of the United States since birth, and has been a resident of the state of California for five years. He wants to be a congressman. Can he be a candidate? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 10. A highly participatory organization in which all three parts of the party are closely linked. A) Mass-membership party. B) Whip. C) Party frame. D) Ethnic parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass-membership party. 11. Which Amendment granted women suffrage A) 15th. B) 19th. C) 24th. D) 26th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 19th. 12. They were mostly from English stock. A) Federalist. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalist. 13. Which were the first two major parties in the U.S.? A) Whigs & Democrats. B) Tories and Democrats. C) Federalists & Democratic-Republicans. D) Democrats and Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Federalists & Democratic-Republicans. 14. Political Parties are outlined in the Constitution A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. A person who is running for political office A) Incumbent. B) Candidate. C) Platform. D) Political party. E) Two-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candidate. 16. One role of the mass media in elections is to A) Finance a particular candidate. B) Report only one candidate's information. C) Create ads for candidates they support. D) Broadcast different points of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Broadcast different points of view. 17. Can a candidate win the popular vote but lose the election? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 18. Whose job is it to identify candidates, emphasize selected issues and broadcast different points of view? A) PACs and Super PACs. B) The Media. C) The Political Parties. D) The Election Board. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Media. 19. Create incentives for investment & innovation A) Republican. B) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republican. 20. Republican Party is A) Those who run for or hold elective or appointed offices in the three branches of Gov't at Federal, State, and Local levels. B) Party based on a set of beliefs that can be Libertarian or Marxist. C) Party that demands better times in periods of economic discontent. D) Party led by Thomas Jefferson, and were against the ratification of the Constitution. E) Formed in 1854 made up of Anti-slavery Democrats and former Whigs. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Formed in 1854 made up of Anti-slavery Democrats and former Whigs. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesParties QuizzesIndian Polity QuizzesPolitical Parties Quiz 1Political Parties Quiz 2Political Parties Quiz 3Political Parties Quiz 4Political Parties Quiz 5Political Parties Quiz 6Political Parties Quiz 7Political Parties Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books