Government: Chapter 5

Election of 1824

1. John Adams-Massachusetts 2. Andrew Jackson- Tennessee (will be elected president) 3. Henry clay- Kentucky (Least amount of votes and speaker of house of reps) 4. W. Crawford-Georgia

Which amendment came about because of the elections of 1796 and 1800?

12th amendment

Four times in history, the man with the most popular votes was not elected president. Which?

1824 John Quincy Adams(elected) Andrew Jackson (most votes) 1876 Rutherford B Hayes (elected) Samuel Tilden (most votes ) 1888 Benjamin Harrison( elected) Grover Cleveland (most votes) 2000 George w. Bush (elected) Algore (most votes)

Only two women from major political parties have ever been on their parties ticket for president or Vice President

1984 Geraldine Ferraro (democratic) 2008 Sarah Palin (Republican)

Progressive

A belief that personal freedom and solving social problems are more important than religion

Libertarian Party

A minor party that believes in extremely limited government. They call for a free market system, expanded individual liberties such as drug legalization, and a foreign policy of nonintervention, free trade, and open immigration.

Who was the first man to be elected president from the Republican Party?

Abraham Lincoln

Who as the only elected president that was a bachelor, in what year did this occur, and who did they defeat?

Buchanan in 1856, he beat John C Fremont and Millard Fillmore.

Ronald Reagan

Conservative republican against Lyndon Johnson

Barack Obama

Democratic

Bill Clinton

Democratic

John f Kennedy

Democratic

Thomas Jefferson

Democratic-republican

Franklin d Roosevelt

Democratic.

Characteristics of people that would support the democratic/republican party

Democratic: underclass liberals, older people (social welfare) Jews, Catholics Republicans: Higher class, wealthy people (tax benefits), white males, conservative

Woodrow Wilson

Elected president from 1860-1932 against Grover Cleveland

John Adams

Federalism

Abraham Lincoln

First man to be elected from Republican Party.

anti-masonic

First poll party to use national convention

George C Wallace

Formed splinter party American independence

Since 1800, who is the only president that was elected by the people?

Gerald Ford

Who was the only man elected president twice but not consecutively?

Grover Cleveland

Which men were elected president from 1860-1932 and what political part were they associated with?

Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson (democrats)

Founder of Whig party?

Henry clay & Daniel Webster, both die lead to the emergence of Republican Party of 1856,

According to the U.S constitution, what happens if no one receives a majority of the votes for President? Vice President?

House of Reps chooses top 3 - President Senate chooses top 2 - Vice President

What type of party would someone belong to that supports Marxist ideas?

Idealogical

Characteristic of Jefferson and Hamilton

Jefferson=strict:expressed powers Hamilton=loose:implied powers

democratic- republican

Led by Thomas Jefferson, believed people should have political power, favored strong STATE governments, emphasized agriculture, strict interpretation of the Constitution, pro-French, opposed National Bank

Who were the last men that were considered a liberal and a conservative that were elected president?

Lyndon B Johnson(Liberal) Ronald Reagan (conservative)

Which is the difference between a majority and a plurality?

Majority can be a plurality but a plurality can't be a majority.

Some reasons a young person might associate with a particular political party

Parents, social/economic status, education, religion

Ideological parties

Parties based on a particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic, and political matters

How are most appointments to federal offices made?

Partisan basis

Why was the era of one-party domination that began in 1968 different from past eras of one-party domination?

Presidents party is different from who controlled the party.

Theodore Roosevelt

Progressive

Dwight d Eisenhower

Republican

Richard Nixon

Republican

Which political party was the first to bring women's suffrage to national attention?

Republican Party.

George Washington's cabinet positions.

Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson Secretary of treasure: Alexander Hamilton Secretary of war: Henry Knox Attorney general: Edmund Randolph

What would be some signs of weakened political parties?

Split ticket voting

What does "lifeblood of the party" mean?

The VOLUNTEERS of the party

Which level of government are the major political parties least active?

The county level

What is meant by the word "watchdog"?

The party not in power

Who ran for president from the bull moose party? What was the common name of this political party?

Theodore Roosevelt aka Progressive party

What happens to most single issue parties?

They die out at once the issue is resolved and there is no need for a party.

What are the major functions of the two major political parties?

To get their candidate elected

What are the duties of the national chairperson?

To raise money, recruit voters, party unity

Daniel Webster

Whig party

Henry clay

Whig party

Who were the men elected president from Whig party?

William Hebert Harrison and Zachary Taylor

straight ticket

a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party

consensus

a general agreement among various groups

political party

a group of persons who seek to control government through the winning of elections and the holding of political offices

third party

a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system

two-party system

a political system dominated by two major parties

multiparty (system)

a system in which several major and many lesser parties exist, seriously compete for, and actually win, public offices

coalition

a temporary alliance of several groups who come together to form a working majority and so to control a government

ward

a unit into which cities are often divided for the election of city council

faction

conflicting groups

single member district

contests in which only one candidate is elected to each office on the ballot; winner take all elections

incumbent

current officeholder

american ideological consensus

generally, Americans are in agreement about most issues; all Americans agree on most issues

major parties

in American politics, the Republican and the Democratic parties

sectionalism

loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country

pluralistic society

one consisting of several distinct cultures & groups; ex. the US.

minor party

one of the many political parties without wide voter support in this country.

single-issue parties

parties that focus on only one public-policy matter; most have faded into history;

splinter parties

parties that have split away from one of the major parties; most of the minor parties in US politics have been splinter parties.

Whigs

party that favored a national bank, protective tariffs and eventually the abolition of slavery; against Andrew Jackson

one-party system

political party system that has only one official political party; "no-party system"

watchdog function

the idea that it is a duty of the media to keep the public informed of political events and to ensure that the rules of government are being followed.

plurality

the largest number of votes cast for the office; the winning candidate receives a ~.

electorate

the people eligible to vote

political spectrum

the range of political views

precinct

the smallest unit of election administration; the voters in each ~ report to one polling place.

bipartisan

the two major parties find common ground and work together.

split ticket voting

voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election