American Gov Unit 2 Political Parties Jeopardy Template

Political Party Basics

Republican Party

Democratic Party

Minor Parties

I'll regret choosing this

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what is a group of persons who seek to control the government through the winning of elections and the holding of public offices?

a political party

100

What color is associated with the republican party?

red

100

What animal symbolizes them?

donkey

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What is an ideological party ?

a party based on a particular set of beliefs

100

What city did the COVID-19 start in?

Wuhan,China

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What were the first 2 political parties in America?

Federalists and Anti-federalists

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What animal symbolizes them?

elephant

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What color is associated with the democratic party?

blue

200

What is a single-issue party?

a party focused on a single public question

200

What did the latest resolution passed by Congress limit in regards to Trump's power?

Trump's war powers are being limited in regard to military actions in Iran without congressional approval

300

How do political parties function as a bonding agent?

hold officials accountable for staying with the party platform and choosing qualified candidates

300

What does GOP stand for?

Grand Old Party

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How did the democratic party start?

It originates from Andrew Jackson's supporters

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How do we get "splinter parties"?

The separate from an already existing party with slight differences

300

On what charges was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on Feb 4th 2020?

Corruption charges, fraud and bribery

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What is "Winner-take-all" ?

officials with the majority of votes receive all of the votes and the position

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What is their ideology on government involvement?

Less central government involvement, similar to the anti-federalists

400

Do democrats support more or less central government involvement?

400

Name 2 prominent minor parties in American and 1 former presidential candidate from each

Green Party - Jill Stein, Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney,

Libertarian Party- Gary Johnson

400

What group of people are being held in China's concentration camps in the Xinjiang province?

Uighur/Uyghur people

Turkic minority ethnic group in China, indigenous to the region, Muslim.

500

What did the Federalists support and who lead them?

supported central government involvement; Alexander Hamilton

500

Name 5 Republican presidents

Abraham Lincoln (Mar 4, 1861 - Apr 15, 1865)
Ulysses S. Grant (Mar 4, 1869 - Mar 4, 1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes (Mar 4, 1877 - Mar 4, 1881)
James Garfield (Mar 4, 1881 - Sep 19, 1881)
Chester A. Arthur (Sep 19, 1881 - Mar 4, 1885)
Benjamin Harrison (Mar 4, 1889 - Mar 4, 1893)
William McKinley (Mar 4, 1897 - Sep 14, 1901)
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt (Sep 14, 1901 - Mar 4, 1909)
William H. Taft (Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 4, 1913)
Warren G. Harding (Mar 4, 1921 - Aug 2, 1923)
Calvin Coolidge (Aug 2, 1923 - Mar 4, 1929)
Herbert C. Hoover (Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 4, 1933)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961)
Richard M. Nixon (Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974)
Gerald R. Ford (Aug 9, 1974 - Jan 20, 1977)
Ronald W. Reagan (Jan 20, 1981 - Jan 20, 1989)
George H. W. Bush (Jan 20, 1989 - Jan 20, 1993)
George W. Bush (Jan 20, 2001 - Jan 20, 2009)
Donald Trump (2017 - Present)

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Name 5 Democratic presidents

Andrew Jackson (1829 - 1837)
Martin Van Buren (1837 - 1841)
James K. Polk (1845 - 1849)
Franklin Pierce (1853 - 1857)
James Buchanan (1857 - 1861)
Andrew Johnson (1868)
Grover Cleveland (1885 - 1889 and 1893 - 1897)
Woodrow Wilson (1913 - 1921)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933 - 1945)
Harry S. Truman (1945 - 1953)
John F. Kennedy (1961 - 1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963 - 1969)
Jimmy Carter (1977 - 1981)
Bill Clinton (1993 - 2001)
Barack Obama (2009 - 2017)

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What is Duverger's Law?

third parties cannot compete because there is no prize for winning smaller portions of the vote

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Where was Obama born?

Honolulu, Hawaii August 4th, 1961