origins
third parties
democrats
republicans
vocabulary
100
A group of people who agree on major issues facing the nation
What is a political party
100
How many third party Presidents have been elected?
What is 0 zero
100
The ideology of Democrats tends to fall on what side of the political spectrum?
What is the left
100
The Republican ideology falls on what side of the political spectrum
What is the right
100
The act of a political party choosing someone to run for office.
What is nomination
200
The ideology of the Democratic party can be traced back to this founding father
Thomas Jefferson
200
The most important role of a third party is to
What is influence policy
200
Democrats are considered to have a __________ ideology
What is liberal
200
The ideology of the Republican party is considered to be __________________
What is conservative
200
an election where only party members choose their candidate
What is a closed primary
300
The United States has had a _____ ________ system since Abraham Lincoln
What is two party
300
What must a third party candidate have in order to be placed on the OFFICIAL ballot?
What is voter signatures
300
Democrats feel that ___________________ has a responsibility to assist the poor
What is the government
300
What faction of the Republican party is thought to be emerging as a third party?
What is the Tea Party (BONUS: What is TEA an acronym for?)
300
the group of people chosen by voters in each state to elect the President and VP
What is the electoral college
400
This leader of the Federalist party favored a strong national government and President
Alexander Hamilton
400
Name one prominent member of the reform party that we discussed in class
H. Ross Perot, Jesse "the body" Ventura
400
The Democratic candidate for PA government is
ONORATO...Dan Onorato
400
What does GOP stand for?
What is Grand Old Party
400
A candidate who already holds the office he/she is running for
What is an incumbent
500
The Republican party formed from what 3 parties?
What are Whigs, Free-Soilers, ex-Democrats
500
What was significant about Teddy Roosevelt splitting the Republican party?
it allowed Woodrow Wilson to defeat Taft (Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" party took Republican votes)
500
The official Democratic party began with the nomination of _________ ___________ for President in 1828
Andrew Jackson
500
Who was the first Republican president?
Abraham Lincoln
500
A religion based government is known as
What is a theocracy
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