This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Polity > Parties > System > Political Parties – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Political Parties Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main goal of political parties is to A) Get rid of taxes. B) Get money for more voting equipment. C) Get their candidates elected to office. D) Make sure the voting process works correctly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Get their candidates elected to office. 2. The process of voting to choose a winner A) Election. B) Candidate. C) Third party. D) Political party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Election. 3. Precinct captains are responsible for ..... A) Attending caucuses. B) Nominating the presidential candidate. C) Organizing local volunteers. D) Attend national conventions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organizing local volunteers. 4. The person in charge of ensuring party discipline. A) Party frame. B) Ethnic parties. C) Whip. D) Mass-membership party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whip. 5. To endorse means A) To formally support. B) To deny. C) To influence public officials. D) To remove from office. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To formally support. 6. In which year did slavery become an important election issue for the first time in the U.S.? A) 1848. B) 1854. C) 1856. D) 1860. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1856. 7. Theodore Roosevelt started which Third Party? A) The Free Soil Party. B) The Progressive Party. C) The Libertarian Party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Progressive Party. 8. People who are conservative in their political views lean which direction? A) Right. B) Left. C) Middle. D) Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 9. Party platforms can tell us what about political parties? A) Their party's opinions on different political issues. B) Where their candidate went on vacation. C) How many seats their party has in Congress. D) What office their candidate is running for. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their party's opinions on different political issues. 10. Supportseliminating the power ofgovernment and social classes tocreate an equal society. A) Socialist USA. B) Republican. C) Democratic. D) Libertarian USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socialist USA. 11. This California recall election did NOT involve a primary or caucus. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Even though Washington was against political parties, he was ....., clearly favoring one faction. He usually supported Hamilton. A) Outspoken. B) Enraged. C) Divided. D) Partisan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Partisan. 13. When the Democratic Party was founded. A) 1828. B) 1865. C) 1584. D) 1979. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1828. 14. Which factor is most responsible for determining party identification? A) Religion. B) Job. C) Education. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Family. 15. Who was the first President of the United States? A) James Madison. B) George Washington. C) Thomas Jefferson. D) John Adams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Washington. 16. What instruction gives legitimacy on a leader/party A) Mandate. B) Constitution. C) Act. D) Prerogative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandate. 17. Which is one role that third parties have played within the American political party system? A) Spoiled the election for one of the two major parties. B) Overthrown the government and instituted a new regime. C) Prevented major parties from adopting the ideas of their supporters. D) Campaigned for and won two presidential elections in the 20th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spoiled the election for one of the two major parties. 18. Which leaders and groups disagreed about the French Revolution? A) Thomas Jefferson and the French revolutionary government. B) George Washington and the Democratic-Republicans. C) Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Washington and the Democratic-Republicans. 19. The division of power between a central government, state governments, and local governments is called A) The United States. B) The Supremacy Clause. C) The Necessary and Proper Clause. D) Federalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Federalism. 20. What is the oldest political party of India? A) BJP. B) INC. C) TMC. D) You. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) INC. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books