american party system;development of american political parties

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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


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