This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 350 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 350 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which political party believed the rich should run the country? A) Federalists. B) Democratic Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalists. 2. The most successful third party candidate that won the most votes, but no electoral votes A) Teddy Roosevelt. B) Henry Wallace. C) Pat Buchanan. D) Ross Perot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ross Perot. 3. The drawing congressional districts to favor one political party or group over another is best defined by which term? A) Apportionment. B) Reapportionment. C) Gerrymandering. D) Congressional redistricting. E) Dealignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerrymandering. 4. The Democratic-Republicans favored this country because they were overthrowing a King and Queen and giving power to the people A) England. B) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) France. 5. A federalist ..... A) Wanted a strong Executive Branch-Executive Branch has more authority than the other branches of government. B) Supported the idea of Checks and Balances. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanted a strong Executive Branch-Executive Branch has more authority than the other branches of government. 6. Which type of third party only cares about one thing like limiting alchohol? A) Protest. B) Single issue. C) Splinter. D) Ideological. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Single issue. 7. One of the main roles of Federal Parliament is to make and amend laws? True or False A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. An election in which only the declared members of a party are allowed to vote for that party's nominees is a (n) ..... A) Direct primary. B) General election. C) Open primary. D) Closed primary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closed primary. 9. Political parties are the link between people and their ..... A) Politics. B) Beliefs. C) Legislature. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Government. 10. For most of the 1900's, African Americans were prevented from voting by: A) Intimidation, economic retaliation, and violence. B) Poll taxes" that many poor people could not afford. C) Literacy tests. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Current President Nominee for Republican Party A) Joe Biden. B) Kamala Harris. C) Donald Trump. D) Jay Inslee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Donald Trump. 12. It is very important for political leaders to hear multiple perspectives on topics from the citizens because A) Otherwise they won't have anything to talk about at meetings. B) The decisions they make affect a lot of different people. C) It helps them to get elected again. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The decisions they make affect a lot of different people. 13. Checks and balances A) A system in which the different parts of a government have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful. B) Interprets/evaluates the laws. C) Having two parts-used to describe a government in which the people who make laws are divided into two groups. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A system in which the different parts of a government have powers that affect and control the other parts so that no part can become too powerful. 14. What is a cabinet? A) A group of close advisers. B) A political party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of close advisers. 15. Southern Democrats supported all of the following, except? A) States' rights. B) Slavery. C) Secession. D) Abraham Lincoln. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abraham Lincoln. 16. Who is considered the founder of the Federalist Party? A) Alexander Hamilton. B) James Madison. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) John Adams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander Hamilton. 17. The federal government should raise taxes on the wealthy to help pay down the national debt. A) Republican. B) Democrat. C) Independent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democrat. 18. Democratic-republicans wanted ..... state government. A) Weak. B) Strong. C) Odd. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strong. 19. Since 1860's the ..... and the ..... party have dominated American Politics. A) Green, Libertarian. B) Communist, Socialists. C) Anarchist, Theocracy. D) Democratic, Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democratic, Republican. 20. Believes in more federal government power A) Republican Party. B) Democratic Party. C) Third parties. D) Civics party. 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