CH 6 Political Parties
What factor contributed to the transition from the fifth to the sixth party system?
Democratic candidates and party leaders, particularly outside the South, came out against the "separate but equal" system of racial discrimination.
Which statement best characterizes the nature of political action committees and 527s?
They are not part of the political party organization.
The fifth party system was created as a result of the Great Depression.
True
When parties decide on their legislative priorities for the year they are engaged in
agenda setting
These are shorthand ways of providing voters with information and cues about candidates' positions based on their party.
brand names
Which one of the following is NOT an important role that parties play in fostering cooperation in governing?
candidate recruitment
In Congress, the Democrats are organized by a ______, while the Republicans are organized by a _______.
caucus; conference
A primary where only those voters registered with a party can vote is known as a ________ primary?
closed
The American political parties are
decentralized organizations with loose coordination across groups.
If the Democrats control the Senate and the White House and the Republicans control the House of Representatives, what is this an example of?
divided government
What prompted the creation of the Democratic Party?
election of Andrew Jackson as president
Select the correct party coalition for the modern Democratic party.
ethnic and racial minorities, the religiously unaffiliated, and the Millennial generation
American political parties are highly centralized.
false
What do we call the principal or main body in each party organization in America?
national committee
Who is in charge of an American political party?
no single person is in charge of the party
If a registered Democrat votes in a Republican primary, the voter's state has a(n) ________ primary.
open
Which kind of primary has the MOST potential eligible voters?
open
The loyalty that people have to one party is called
party identification
From 1897 until 1932, one of the major parties, the Republicans, won most presidential elections, while the other major party, the Democrats, won when the Republicans were divided. The major issues of the time were industrialization and immigration. The Republicans had the support of business, while the Democrats relied on urban immigrants and southern whites. This description is an example of a
party system
Which of the following is an organization that runs candidates for office and coordinates the actions of affiliated elected officials?
political parties
A vote to select a party's nominee is known as a
primary election
When the United States goes from one party system to another, this is known as a
realignment
Which one of the following terms describes a situation in which the issues that divide the political parties change in a way that cuts across existing political coalitions?
realignment
The Second Party System ultimately split over the issue of
slavery
In a spoils system,
supporters of the winning party are rewarded.
__________ is made up of politicians who were elected as candidates of a party, while __________ involves the structure of national, state, and local parties, including party leaders and workers.
the party in government; the party organization
Rewarding party supporters with benefits, such as government jobs, is known as
the spoils system
In the 1850s, the issue of slavery ended the second party system involving the Whigs and Democrats.
true
The Democratic Party began in the early nineteenth century.
true
America's electoral rules are most likely to result in how many major parties?
two
The ability of parties to ensure that those who run for office do so effectively and that those who win responsibly uphold their elective positions most clearly demonstrates which benefit of political parties?
working together in campaigns
What was significant about the disintegration of the Federalist Party?
led to the Era of Good Feelings and into the second party system
Which party most strongly supported a national bank?
Federalist Party
The Republican Party formed when the ________ Party dissolved.
Whig
________ tend to affiliate with the Republican Party.
White Evangelicts
What is a party platfom?
a set of objectives outlining the party's issue positions and priorities, which candidates are not required to suppo
One of the practical reasons that virtually all prominent candidates for the presidency and Congress run as Democrats or Republicans is that
it is easier to get on the general election ballot as a major party candidate.
