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