Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In most state
party organizations, the state chairperson is a. | elected by the voters | c. | chosen by the National Executive Committee | b. | chosen by the party's central
committee | d. | the party's candidate for
governor | | | | |
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The Whig Party was
generally absorbed into the a. | Republican Party | c. | Federalist Party | b. | Democratic-Republican
Party | d. | Democratic Party | | | | |
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The party's
nominees for president and vice president are called its a. | ticket | c. | ward | b. | platform | d. | plank | | | | |
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People who are
uncommitted to either political party are called a. | partisans | c. | independents | b. | bullet voters | d. | straight-ticket voters | | | | |
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When a person
votes for for all the candidates of a single political party, it is called a a. | split-ticket | c. | mandate | b. | straight ticket | d. | referendum | | | | |
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Declarations of
the party's beliefs and positions on major issues are called a. | planks | c. | conventions | b. | ideologies | d. | platforms | | | | |
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In the United
States, political parties are a. | ideologically rigid | c. | closely knit and highly organized | b. | organized from the top
down | d. | fragmented and decentralized | | | | |
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Which is NOT an
example of a splinter or personality party? a. | Libertarian Party | c. | American Independent Party | b. | Bull Moose Party | d. | States' Rights Party | | | | |
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The Democratic
Party of Andrew Jackson was a coalition of a. | debtors, merchants, and frontiersmen | c. | bankers, merchants, and industrialists | b. | small farmers, debtors, frontiersmen, and
slaveholders | d. | farmers, planters, bankers, and
frontiersmen | | | | |
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In a multiparty
system, parties tend to be organized around a. | ethnic groups | c. | strong leaders | b. | an ideological consensus | d. | different beliefs or interests | | | | |
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Political groups
with a variety of interests and opinons that are drawn together to win an election or to run a
government are called a. | nonpartisan | c. | the ruling party | b. | the loyal opposition | d. | coalitions | | | | |
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The person chosen
to manage the day-to-day operations of the party's national headquarters is the a. | general secretary | c. | secretary of state | b. | national chairperson | d. | president | | | | |
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The type of
election that shows a permanent shift in the popular base support of the parties, and usually a shift
in the relative strength of the parties, is called a a. | coalition | c. | mandate | b. | realigning election | d. | reorganizing forum | | | | |
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An election to
choose a party's candidate or nominee is a. | general election | c. | primary | b. | referendum | d. | endorsement | | | | |
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Many splinter or
personality parties form a. | to broaden the coalition of the major
party | c. | when their leader dies or gets
elected | b. | to bridge the differences between the major
parties | d. | to elect a specific person | | | | |
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A valuable role of
minor parties is that they a. | can take bold stands on issues | c. | bring important issues to the public's
attention | b. | give frustrated and alienated voters a place to
go | d. | all of these | | | | |
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The first American
political party to go out of existence was the a. | Whigs | c. | Federalists | b. | Democratic-Republicans | d. | Anti-Masonic Party | | | | |
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Party
organizations in the cities during the period from the Civil War to World War II were generally
called a. | machines | c. | wards | b. | caucuses | d. | polls | | | | |
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A political
subdivision within a city is called a a. | poll | c. | commission | b. | ward | d. | convention | | | | |
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National political
party conventions are held every a. | eight years | c. | four years | b. | two years | d. | six years | | | | |
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The first
political factions in America were formed to a. | support or oppose the War of 1812 | c. | support or oppose the election of George
Washington | b. | support or oppose the ratification of the
Constitution | d. | support or oppose the abolition of
slavery | | | | |
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The two men
generally considered to be the leaders of the Whigs were a. | John Adams and Alexander
Hamilton | c. | Abraham Lincoln and James C.
Fremont | b. | Andrew Johnson and Thomas Jefferson | d. | Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams | | | | |
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Which is NOT a
type of minor party? a. | broad consensus parties | c. | splinter or personality parties | b. | issue-oriented parties | d. | ideological parties | | | | |
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Minor parties do
not generally win elections because a. | of all of the above | c. | the American people have a habit and tradition of voting for the two
major parties | b. | they cannot raise money for campaigns | d. | they have few members | | | | |
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From the Civil War
to the Great Depression, the dominant party in the United States was the a. | Republican | c. | Democrat | b. | Federalist | d. | Whig | | | | |
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Single-member
district elections a. | encourage write-in candidates | c. | make it difficult for an independent or minor party candidate to
win | b. | frequently produce no
winner | d. | are basically undemocratic | | | | |
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Which is NOT an
example of an issue-oriented party? a. | Free Soil Party | c. | Bull Moose Party | b. | U.S.A. Green Party | d. | Prohibition Party | | | | |
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The
party-in-government component consists of a. | party members who hold positions in the
bureaucracy | c. | party members who actually
voted | b. | everyone who voted for the winning
party | d. | party members who hold public
office | | | | |
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Which is NOT a
function of American political parties? a. | They exclude the public from determining the nation's
agenda | c. | They pick candidates | b. | They run campaigns | d. | They link people to the government | | | | |
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The type of minor
party that is formed to support a particular set of beliefs or political doctrine is called
a(n) a. | consensus party | c. | ideological party | b. | issue-oriented party | d. | splinter or personality party | | | | |
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