This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 247 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 247 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What party wanted a STRICT interpretation of the Constitution? A) Democratic-Republicans. B) Federalists. C) Whigs. D) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democratic-Republicans. 2. According to Federalist Party leaders, the ..... Acts, passed in 1798, would protect the nation's security. A) Sugar. B) Intolerable. C) Townshend. D) Alien and Sedition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alien and Sedition. 3. Gave women the right to vote A) 19th Amendment. B) 15th Amendment. C) 23rd Amendment. D) 26th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th Amendment. 4. The Whig party is ..... A) Party led by Alexander Hamilton for the "rich and the well born". B) The process political parties name candidates for public office. C) Party that has one public policy matter but fades when issue is adopted by the 2 parties. D) Devotion to the interests of one section of a country. E) Party led by Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. Represented bankers, industrialists, merchants and plantation owners. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Party led by Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. Represented bankers, industrialists, merchants and plantation owners. 5. To run for congress (representative and senator), a constitutional requirement is A) Be a resident. B) Be a U.S. citizen. C) Be a certain age. D) Run a campaign. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be a U.S. citizen. 6. Which of these is true regarding the party system of any country? A) The Constitution lays down party system. B) No country can choose its party system. C) People choose their party system. D) Important leaders choose their party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No country can choose its party system. 7. An institution that makes and enforces laws and public policies. A) Political Party. B) Interest Groups. C) Government. D) Ideological Spectrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Government. 8. A running for political office is referred to as a A) Platform. B) Conservative. C) Speaker. D) Candidate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Candidate. 9. Protestants, white males, and businessmen tend to favor this political party. A) Republican Party. B) Democratic Pary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republican Party. 10. Has conservative views A) D. B) R. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) R. 11. Large number of Americans who feel some loyalty to the party or who use partisanship as a cue to decide who will earn their vote. A) Party-in-power. B) Party-in-the-electorate. C) Party-in-government. D) Party organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Party-in-the-electorate. 12. Voting Model:Looking at past actions to determine your vote A) Rational Choice. B) Retrospective. C) Prospective. D) Party Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retrospective. 13. In this political system it is usually illegal to oppose the main party A) Two-party system. B) Multi-party system. C) One-party system. D) No party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One-party system. 14. A series of statement that express a party's principles, beliefs and positions on election issues is called: A) A theory. B) A platform. C) An idea. D) An ideology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A platform. 15. In the USA, who can vote in federal (national) elections. A) Most citizens over 18 years of age. B) Anyone with a driver's license. C) Only citizens over 21 years of age. D) Citizens over 18 who have paid all their taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most citizens over 18 years of age. 16. Any job or effort done for the good of the people, such as a government job A) Public Service. B) Philosophy. C) Acquire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public Service. 17. During the French Revolution, France and Britain eventually ended up at war against each other. Which of the following would most likely have been said by a DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN like Thomas Jefferson during the French Revolution: A) "Because France helped our revolution, we should help them!". B) Gee, I'm not sure who I support.". C) "Because British trade is so important, we should not get involved!". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Because France helped our revolution, we should help them!". 18. Third party candidates are rarely successful-because ..... ? A) Their views are often too extreme. B) They have no ability to get their names on state ballots. C) They know they won't win, and don't bother to show up for debates. D) They have absolutely no money, and can't even travel around. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their views are often too extreme. 19. "Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do."-Chuck D., American RapperAccording to Chuck D., the act of voting is A) Not important. B) Not going to change anything. C) Central to citizenship. D) Less important than volunteerism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central to citizenship. 20. The elephant is the symbol associated with which political party? A) Democratic Party. B) Republican Party. C) Green Party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republican Party. ← 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