This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 442 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 442 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Work in an organized and active way towards a particular goal, typically political. A) Platform. B) Campaign. C) Public Office. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Campaign. 2. Which of the following would a liberal voter support? A) Open carry permits for all. B) Free healthcare for all. C) More money for our military budget. D) Stronger death penalty laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free healthcare for all. 3. The 15th amendment ..... A) Ended poll taxes. B) Raised the age to vote to 18. C) Gave women the vote. D) Gave the vote to African American males. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gave the vote to African American males. 4. A free media is necessary for all the following except A) To investigate wrongdoing by government officials. B) To publicize and explain government actions. C) To evaluate the performance of politicians. D) A free media is always correct and hardly ever biased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A free media is always correct and hardly ever biased. 5. The level of confidence about a public opinion poll is referred to as A) Sampling error. B) The confidence index. C) Random sampling. D) Demographic certainty. E) The sample. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sampling error. 6. Which amendment banned the poll tax and allowed citizens to vote without being a property owner? A) 24th. B) 16th. C) 15th. D) An offer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24th. 7. Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton (presumptive nominees) will try to mobilize support (grouping of people of businesses or interest groups)-called ..... ? A) "coalitions". B) "categories". C) "groupings". D) "partisans". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "coalitions". 8. Under the Articles of Confederation the United States did not have one of these A) President. B) Congress. C) Military. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) President. 9. Political parties work on all levels of government-local, state and national. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. A person who conducts activities in order to influence public officials A) Lobbyist. B) Interest group. C) Monitor. D) Public agenda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lobbyist. 11. An alliance is formed when: A) Two parties together form the government. B) The state parties and national parties together form the government. C) Some parties join for the purpose of contesting elections and winning power in hands. D) Left and right parties join hands to form the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some parties join for the purpose of contesting elections and winning power in hands. 12. Supported implied powers of the Constitution. A) Federalist. B) Republican. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Federalist. 13. Served in the Continental Congress A) Washington. B) Adams. C) Jefferson. D) Hamilton. E) Madison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adams. 14. Many southerners agreed with Hamilton's plan because they didn't mind taking on the north's debt. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Government should play a larger role in people's lives. A) Republican. B) Democrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democrat. 16. Which of the following do political parties NOT do? A) Act as a watchdog for the party in power. B) Informing citizens about the candidates. C) Nominating candidates. D) Create debate questions for candidates to answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Create debate questions for candidates to answer. 17. The roots of today's Democratic Party are: A) Andrew Jackson's Republican Party. B) The Green Party whose mission is to protect the environment. C) Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party. D) Members of the Democrat Party and the Whig party who disagreed with slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party. 18. All powers not given to the Federal government, are: A) Reserved for the "people" in the Declaration of Independence. B) Given to the States in the 10th Amendment. C) Part of the Elastic Clause and given to no one. D) Non-existent; these powers just don't exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Given to the States in the 10th Amendment. 19. Group of people that selects the president and vice-president A) Electoral college. B) Third party. C) Winner takes all. D) Two party system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electoral college. 20. Which of the following is a major job of political parties? A) Nominating candidates for public office. B) Providing aid to their communities. C) Create laws. D) Appoint judges. 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