Republican and Third Parties

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Majorities

Having the larger number in the house of Congress, assuring strong voting power in decisions of legislation

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

T/F: The Republican Party appealed to groups such as farmers, industrialists, and merchants.

True

T/F: The Republicans won fourteen of the eighteen Presidential elections held between 1860 and 1928.

True

Incumbent

A person who currently holds office

Challenger

A person who doesn't hold an office but who is trying to unseat an incumbent

The Republican party was formed in response to what issue?

Anti-slavery views, the oppositions to the extension of slavery

A person who currently holds office is a(n) ______.

Incumbent

"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

Landslide defeat

Losing by a sizable margin in an election

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


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