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Intro to PartiesHistory of Two-Party

SystemMinor Parties

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Final Jeopardy

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The party out of power criticizes the policies and behaviors of the party in power. What type of party function is this called?

Watchdog Function

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What is the primary purpose of a political party?

To control government by winning elections

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Party leaders ask a member of their own party not to run for office. They do not think he is qualified. How are the party leaders acting in this example (what type of party function is this)?

Nominating Role

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How do elected officials in a multiparty system get anything done when no single party has a majority?

By forming coalitions

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What one function most clearly sets parties apart from other groups in the political process?

Nominating candidates

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Which party has dominated the federal government in recent decades?

Neither

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The Democratic Party barely survived as a national party after…?

The issue of slavery split the party

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The era of Republicans began when?

At the time of the Civil War

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What important political change did Andrew Jackson’s administration bring?

Voting rights for white males

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What was William Jennings Bryan’s major contribution to American party politics?

He helped to push party politics back toward the economic arena and away from divisions of sectionalism

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What is likely to happen when minor parties are successful?

Their ideas are adopted by one of the major parties

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Historically, minor American political parties have been most important in what way?

In their roles as critic and innovator

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The Free Soil Party was primarily concerned about the spread of slavery. What kind of party was the Free Soil Party?

A single-issue party

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Theodore Roosevelt was once a Republican but broke away to start his own minor party for the presidential election of 1912. His party was called the Bull Moose, or Progressive, Party. The Bull Moose Party is considered to be what kind of party?

A splinter party

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A new party is formed whose main concern is the environment. What kind of party would this be?

Single-issue party

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Who is the leader of a party’s national committee?

The National Chairperson

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What is the main purpose of a major party’s national convention?

To select the party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates

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Which is the major contributor to the decentralized nature of the two major political parties?

Federalism

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At the State and local levels, party structure is largely determined by what?

State law

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What is the main job of congressional campaign committees?

To re-elect party incumbents and capture new seats

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Resigned from Washington’s Cabinet to organize his own political party?

Thomas Jefferson

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As a third party candidate, Theodore Roosevelt influenced greatly the presidential election of 1912 by playing the role of a spoiler. Who won this election?

Woodrow Wilson

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Who is the current chairperson of the Democratic National Committee?

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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He ran as a presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America in 1912?

Eugene Debs

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Long serving Senator from South Carolina who ran as a presidential candidate for the States Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats) in the 1948 election?

Strom Thurmond

Final Jeopardy

What party was led by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster?

Whig Party