This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 323 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 323 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Plurality is used in most local and state elections. It is known as A) Majority percentage. B) First post percentage. C) First past the post. D) Winner takes all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First past the post. 2. Believes the gov't should take a less active role in people's lives and that individuals can take care of themselves without gov't help A) Democrat. B) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republican. 3. Who was the French leader who sold Louisiana to the US? A) Richard Lee. B) Prince Phillip. C) Napoleon. D) King Louie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Napoleon. 4. What is a job of the mass media? A) Place focus or emphasis of certain issues. B) Write the platform of each political party. C) Create advertisements for the candidates. D) Help voters find their polling location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Place focus or emphasis of certain issues. 5. True or False:In order to get on the ballot, third-party candidates must gather signatures from a large number of voters. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Which President said that political parties would tear this nation apart? A) George Washington. B) Bill Clinton. C) Andrew Jackson. D) George Bush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George Washington. 7. A group of people who hold common beliefs about how government should operate. A) Incumbent. B) Candidate. C) Platform. D) Political party. E) Two-party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political party. 8. What political party used to be known as the "Grand Ole Party" and formed to help Abraham Lincoln oppose slavery? A) Conservatives. B) Republicans. C) Democrats. D) Third-Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republicans. 9. Believed the average American was too busy to follow everything involved in governing and preferred an elite group of educated individuals to lead the country. (evidenced in the electoral college and indirect election of senators by the state legislatures that remained until the 16th amendment) A) Federalists. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalists. 10. How old do you have to be to vote in an election? A) 18. B) 21. C) 13. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18. 11. Compared to Europe, there is a lower voter turnout in America. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The total number of electoral votes is equal to ..... ? A) House reps + senators + 3 for DC. B) State legislators + the governor + 3 for DC. C) House reps + delegates + 3 for DC. D) Senators + governors + 3 for DC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) House reps + senators + 3 for DC. 13. Emphasis on agricultural products A) Federalist. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic-Republicans. 14. An example of a duty of a U.S. citizen A) Paying taxes. B) Voting. C) Volunteering. D) Understanding the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paying taxes. 15. Which of these describes the main purpose of an interest group? A) To influence government officials on a specific issue. B) To form legislative committees that study public policy. C) To regulate the economy by setting federal lending rates. D) To select cases for hearing in appeals courts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To influence government officials on a specific issue. 16. When is the general election? A) First Tuesday in March. B) First Tuesday in December. C) First Tuesday in November. D) First Tuesday in April. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First Tuesday in November. 17. U.S. Treasury Secretary A) Making of goods by labor or machinery. B) Person in charge of banks and money who communicates the exchange of money with other countries. C) A system of making money that focuses on private ownership instead of government ownership. D) Person in charge of U.S. relationships with other countries and determines rules that impact people of other countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person in charge of banks and money who communicates the exchange of money with other countries. 18. Electorate means A) Everyone running for president. B) All the people eligible to vote. C) All of the voters and candidates. D) Members of Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All the people eligible to vote. 19. Candidates need ..... electoral votes to win, which favors the two-party system. A) 450. B) 270. C) 120. D) 280. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 270. 20. A committee chair in the House of Representatives is always ..... A) A member of the majority party in the chamber. B) The member with the longest service in the House. C) A trusted ally of the President. D) The member with the longest service on the committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A member of the majority party in the chamber. ← 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