AP Gov Chapter 8 Review

What ideology says government should have a restricted role in economic regulation and overcoming racial inequality, but a role in social issues?

Conservatism

Andrew Jackson formed the _____________, which democratized and nationalized the U.S. party system.

Democratic Party

By the 1790s, what party opposed the Federalists?

Democratic-Republicans

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal coalition was responsible for electing and reelecting

Democrats

Which best describes today's major parties?

Democrats are the more liberal party, especially for social causes

Which is the largest religious denomination in the United States?

Evangelical

By the 1824 election, which major party had dissolved?

Federalists

____________ translate inputs from the public into outputs from the policymakers.

Linkage institutions

President ____________ was responsible for implementing the Great Society.

Lyndon B. Johnson

What political party traces its origins to the antislavery and nationalist forces in the 1850s?

Republican Party

The most successful third-party presidential candidate in American history (in terms of popular vote and electoral votes) was

Theodore Roosevelt

_____________ tends to lean heavily toward Republicans in national elections, but has a Democratic governor

West Virginia

The ____________ was the last major political party to die out

Whig Party

Which major American political party gave way to the Republican Party?

Whig Party

___________ was New York City's most infamous Democratic party boss whose ring reportedly made between $40 million and $200 million from tax receipts, payoffs, and kickbacks.

William Tweed

Advocates of responsible party government believe that

candidates should say what they mean to do and, once elected, do what they promised

Party identification refers to

citizens' self-proclaimed preference for one party

On broad policy issues, Americans generally

cluster to the center

In his farewell address, President George Washington spoke to Americans about the ____________ of political parties.

dangers

The declining attractiveness of parties and a reluctance to identify strongly with a party are hallmarks of

dealignment

National conventions are responsible for

devising the party platform

A splinter party

forms when a faction in one of the two major parties splits off to run its own candidate

An election to choose among candidates nominated by parties is called a(n)

general election

The supreme authority in both major parties is the

national party convention

In the 1790s, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams campaigned for the presidency. This was the first time that national elections had

opposing parties

The battle between the two major political parties, Democrats and Republicans, for control of public offices is

party competition

National ____________ meet every four years to nominate a candidate for president.

party conventions

Elected officials who call themselves members of a party constitute the

party in government

A political party's statement of its position on the issues is its

platform

The current state of political parties in the United States is best described as

polarization

One advantage of ___________ is that minority parties may gain legislative seats with as little as 10 percent to 15 percent of the popular vote.

proportional representation

The presidential election of 1932 is an example of

realignment

Which of these most resemble advocacy groups?

single-issue parties

A third party that forms around one particular cause is a(n)

single-issue party

In a purely proportional representation system, which type of parties would stand to gain?

smaller parties

When the U.S. history did political parties develop?

soon after the adoption of the Constitution

A voter who casts ballots only for candidates of the same party in a given election year is referred to as a

straight-ticket voter

Another term for a party's core supporters is

the base

Where would you go to find the official political positions of a political party?

the party platform

The New Deal era focused the Democratic Party working on issues that benefited

the working class

What is an advantage of open primaries over closed primaries?

they allow more voters to take part

The Party System of 1896 resulted in

thirty-six years of Republican dominance

What best describes the process of dealignment?

voters no longer consider themselves partisan

The "party in the electorate" refers to

voters who identify themselves with a political party

A political party comprises people

with similar beliefs seeking control of the government through elections