This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 393 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 393 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tasks that involve direct contact with voters or potential voters A) Political Party. B) Platform. C) Grassroots organizing. D) Patronage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grassroots organizing. 2. An independent is someone who ..... A) Does not identify with a political party. B) Identifies with the Independent Party. C) They parted. D) Is either a Democrat or a Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does not identify with a political party. 3. What two parties were formed when the FIRST political parties emerged? A) The Whig Party and The Democratic Party. B) The Democratic Party and the Republicans. C) The Federalists and The Whig Party. D) The Federalists and The Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Federalists and The Democratic-Republicans. 4. The type of election in which members from the same Political Party challenge each other for their party's endorsement in the next election. (a) A) General Election. B) Intra-Party Election. C) Semi-Final Election. D) A Primary Election. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Primary Election. 5. ..... is any party other than on of the major two parties. A) Patronage. B) Third party. C) Single member district. D) Proportional representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third party. 6. Which best describes the political system of the United States? A) Single-party. B) Two-party. C) Multi-party. D) The United States does not have political parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two-party. 7. Election rules vary widely because A) States tend to ignore federal electoral law. B) The federal government does not enforce federal electoral law. C) Each state is responsible for determining how voting will occur and primary rules. D) They don't. FAKE NEWS! Sad!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Each state is responsible for determining how voting will occur and primary rules. 8. An expression of opinion or intent voted on by a group A) Elector. B) Constitutional. C) Resolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resolution. 9. Who won the Civil War? A) The South. B) The North. C) The Patriots. D) The Eagles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The North. 10. How many electoral votes do we have right here in North Carolina? A) 4. B) 9. C) 15. D) 27. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 11. Which are NOT left wing ideas? A) Redistribute wealth from rich to poor. B) Support trade union rights. C) Support for free market economics. D) Stress on equality and welfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support for free market economics. 12. SS.7.C.2.8Which position would most likely be found in the Republican Party platform? A) Support for the Affordable Care Act. B) Opposition to American intervention overseas in the War on Terror. C) Demand for increased taxation of corporations to support pre-school programs. D) Introduction of tax incentives for small businesses to support better job growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introduction of tax incentives for small businesses to support better job growth. 13. What Political Party was founded in 1901? A) Socialist Party. B) Reform Party. C) Libertarian Party. D) Communist Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Communist Party. 14. Which is NOT a way to become a candidate? A) Nominate yourself. B) Run as a write-in candidate. C) Vote in every election. D) Win a caucus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vote in every election. 15. Mostly Farmers A) Federalists. B) Democratic-Republicans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic-Republicans. 16. A lobbyist is ..... A) Someone hired by an interest group to try to influence government. B) A person that goes to hotel lobbies to try to get a job. C) A person who runs for political office and wants to influence the way laws are made. D) An elected politician who works for the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone hired by an interest group to try to influence government. 17. Seeking to influence legislators to vote for or against a bill A) Campaigning. B) Lobbying. C) Policy making. D) Participating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lobbying. 18. To be a senator, a U.S. citizen must at least be: A) 35 years old. B) 30 years old. C) 25 years old. D) 20 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30 years old. 19. Splinter Party is A) A group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and holding public office. B) Forms around a strong personality which has split from a major party. C) When political parties work to ensure the good performance of its candidates. D) When the two major parties find common ground. E) Those who run the political party 'professionals' who run the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forms around a strong personality which has split from a major party. 20. Landmark court case where students gained some rights to free speech by wearing arm bands to protest the Vietnam War. A) Brown v. Board of Education. B) Tinker v. Monks. C) O.S. b. Nixon. D) Donaldson v. Demetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tinker v. Monks. ← 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