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True or False: The two major parties in the United States are election-oriented rather than issue-oriented.
True
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True or False: Once its candidates are elected, a political party has no interest in whether they perform well in office.
False
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True or False: The function that most clearly sets political parties apart from other political groups operating in the United States is the nomination of candidates for elective office.
True
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True or False: Most federal appointments to executive offices are made on a partisan basis.
True
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True or False: One of the most important functions of the party in power is the "watchdog" function.
True
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A political party is a group of persons who join together in order to...
Gain control of the government through the electoral process
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The function of informing the public and stimulating political debate is performed by...
All of the above (the news media, political parties, and interest groups)
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Broadly based parties like those in the United States tend to reduce and moderate political conflict by...
Encouraging conflicting groups to agree to compromise solutions
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Under the system of seperation of powers, political parties are usually the agents that prompt cooperation between...
The legeslative and executive branches
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The function of the "loyal opposition" is to...
Criticize the policies of the party in power
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What is a consensus?
A general agreement
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What is a one-party system?
For example, the "Solid South"
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What is a pluralistsic society?
A union of many persons of diverse interests
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What is single-member districts?
Institution that promotes continuation of the two-party system
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What is coalition?
Culture composed of many distinct subgroups
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The two-party system in America goes back to the...
Civil War
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The fact that candidates for Congress do not need to win a majority of votes in order to win an election...
Discourages people from voting for minor-party candidates
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The statement that "Americans are an ideologically homogeneous people" refers to the fact that...
American society is made up of many distinct cultures and groups
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Multiparty systems tend to produce...
Political instability
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Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the Democratic party?
People whose parents supported the Democratic party
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were the leaders of the ___.
Democratic-Republican party
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The party that developed in opposition to the Jacksonian Democrates was the ___.
Whig party
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The Era of Good Feeling was a period of ___ rule.
One-party
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In the 1996 presidential election, President Bill Clinton was the ___.
Incumbent
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The ___ expanded to include all white males during the Jacksonian era.
Electorate
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Which of the following was supported by the Democratic-Republicans?
Policies designed to help farmers and planters
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During which period(s) of American history has the Democratic party dominated the Federal Government?
1800-1860 and 1932-1968
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Which of the following groups was NOT part of the coalition that backed the post-Civil War Republican party?
Southerners
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The critical election of 1896 was a ___ victory that signaled an end to divisive ___conflicts.
Republican, sectional
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Unlike previous periods, during the period from 1968 to the present...
one party has controlled the presidency while the other has controlled Congress.
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Example of ideological party
Libertarian party
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Example of splinter party
Bull Moose party
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Example of single-issue party
Prohibition party
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Example of economic protest party
Populist party
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Example of major party
Democratic party
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Although edeological parties have not ___, they have ___.
Won many elections, been long-lived
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The Free Soil party, the "Know Nothing" party, and the Right to Life party are all examples of...
Single-issue parties
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Which of the following is a TRUE statement about splinter parties?
Most of the important minor parties in the nation's history have been splinter parties
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Minor parties are able to play a "spoiler role" in an election by...
Taking enough votes away from one of the two major parties to cost its candidate the election
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Unlike major parties, minor parties...
Take clear-cut stands on controversial issues.
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