american party system;development of american political parties
Which early political party formed to promote a loose construction of the Constitution?
Federalists
first President
George Washington
Which statement below is characteristic of political parties in the United States?
We have a two-party system
The Anti-Federalists believed in a:
Weak central government
.the executive branch of the American government; particularly used in relation to the office-holder
administration
The Democrats fought bitterly at times over:
banking policies slavery issues tariff rates
Third parties play a highly important role in the:
strengthening the two major parties
limit the Federal government strictly to the powers which the Constitution specifically delegated to it
strict construction
The third U.S. President was
Thomas Jefferson
Third president
Thomas Jefferson
third President
Thomas Jefferson
The Populist Party and the Greenback Party are considered to be what type of third party?
Those formed to helped a specific group of people
The Prohibition Party is considered to be what type of third party?
Those that have only one goal they are working towards
Dictatorships have been most common in communist and ______ countries.
fascist
A person who currently holds an office is a(n)
incumbent
a person who currently holds an office
incumbent
losing by a sizable margin in an election
landslide defeat
allowing the federal government powers not denied it within the Constitution
loose construction
Anti-slavery views, the oppositions to the extension of slavery
majorities
a type of person who will staunchly campaign or vote for only one political party.
partisan
Many times a political party is accused of _______________________ if it appears they put their party's agenda ahead of the good of the people.
partisan politics
a political plan of action
program
. a political party's assembly, usually for the purpose of presenting a candidate
representative democracy
Which political party controlled the South from 1861 to the early 1960s?
Democrat
Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
gave the President power to deport any alien he deemed dangerous
Alien and Sedition Act
one of the first two American political parties; they wanted a weak central government
Anti-Federalist party
Which early political party formed to promote a loose construction of the Constitution?
Anti-Federalists
The Republican party was formed in response to what issue?
Anti-slavery views, the oppositions to the extension of slavery
What are the two major parties in Great Britain?
Conservative Labor
What party do the large cities tend to support?
Democrat
second President
John Adams
"The ________ way is a logically consistent approach to politics based on the moral principle of self-ownership."
Libertarian
Who was the first elected Republican president?
Lincoln
Examples of left-wing protest groups include:
Socialist party American communist party socialist labor party communist party usa Democratic Socialists of America Socialist Workers' Party
Select the true statements about the Democratic Party
The Democrats won the Presidency in the 90s but lost control of the Congress. Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat.
What is a coalition?
a temporary alliance of political parties.
the federal power of the country
central government
a person who doesn't hold an office but who is trying to unseat an incumbent
challenger
people of a certain region who elected a representative to whom the representative is answerable
constituency
a democracy where the people elect representatives to act as their agents
convention
a group that may not be in agreement with the general direction of the larger population
faction
The Democrats blamed the Republicans for the Stock Market crash of 1929.
t
The Republican Party appealed to groups such as farmers, industrialists, and merchants.
t
The Republicans won fourteen of the eighteen Presidential elections held between 1860 and 1928.
t
The Anti-Federalist would limit the Federal government strictly to:
the powers the constitution delegated to it
