This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 353 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 353 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Alexander Hamilton and John Adams were the leaders for which party? A) Federalist. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalist. 2. Which of these people could NOT become president? A) Someone who was born in New Jersey. B) Someone who was born in Colorado. C) Someone who was born in California. D) Someone who was born in Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone who was born in Canada. 3. The Supreme Court ruled in Buckley v. Valeo that money is ..... A) Corruption. B) Evil. C) PACs. D) Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Speech. 4. Identify the party system:Several parties compete for power and more than two parties have a reasonable chance of coming to power. A) Multi party system. B) Bi party system. C) One party system. D) Coalition government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi party system. 5. Southerners who didn't like civil rights reforms A) Bull Moose Party. B) Dixiecrats. C) Ross Perot & the Reform Party. D) Ralph Nader & the Green Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dixiecrats. 6. Which of the following is true about proportional representation? A) It tends to encourage multi-party systems. B) It is the system currently used in American elections. C) It gives all available seats to the winner of the most votes. D) It tends to encourage two-party systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It tends to encourage multi-party systems. 7. When was NCP formed A) 1995. B) 1998. C) 1999. D) 1997. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1999. 8. What are the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government. Democratic-Republicans supported states' rights over a Strong Central Government. A) States' Rights. B) Implied Powers. C) Strong Central Government. D) Reserved Federal Powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) States' Rights. 9. Competing groups A) Factions. B) Coalition. C) Ward. D) Precinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Factions. 10. Which of these is a way of nominating candidates? A) Petition. B) Convention. C) Self Announcement. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Third parties differ from the other two main political parties because third parties- A) Have more official members. B) Have more political experience. C) Are older than the two main parties. D) Are often concerned with one issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Are often concerned with one issue. 12. What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do to the Missouri Compromise? A) It reinforced the Missouri Compromise. B) It repealed the Missouri Compromise. C) It had no effect on the Missouri Compromise. D) It amended the Missouri Compromise to include more states. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It repealed the Missouri Compromise. 13. Political parties compete with one another by ..... A) Winning more elections. B) Promising to not raise taxes. C) Making more speeches. D) Making more campaign stops. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winning more elections. 14. Types of Third Parties A) Ideological, Single Issue, Economic Protest, Splinter. B) Freedom, Unreasonable, Closed. C) Right, Wrong, Left, Right. D) Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Catholic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideological, Single Issue, Economic Protest, Splinter. 15. John F. Kennedy was known as a A) Liberal. B) Conservative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liberal. 16. H e was not a part of the group that formed the PLP A) Cyril Stenson. B) Lynden Pindling. C) Henry Taylor. D) William Cartwright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lynden Pindling. 17. Which two parties have been going strong for 150 years or more? A) Whigs and Tories. B) Federalists and Anti-Federalists. C) Democratic-Republicans and Democrats. D) Republicans and Democrats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Republicans and Democrats. 18. Which of the following describes the ruling in Shaw v. Reno (1993)? A) The Voting Rights Act was ruled unconstitutional. B) Racial gerrymandering was ruled unconstitutional. C) The poll tax was eliminated. D) It was decided that congressional districts needed to be equal in size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Racial gerrymandering was ruled unconstitutional. 19. True or FalseThomas Jefferson led the Federalists. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. According to the Twenty-sixth amendment, who can vote? A) High school students. B) Women. C) People of any race. D) 18 year olds. 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