Political Parties
Suffrage Rights
Roles and Functions of Political Parties
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Early Politics
100

The U.S. political party system- Democrats and Republicans

What is two party system?

100
Another term for the right to vote
What is suffrage?
100

The difference between how men and women vote in an election.

What is the gender gap?

100
A group of people with similar views on how the gov.'t should handle economic, political, and social issues
What is a political party?
100

The group that first really expanded voting rights after the creation of the Constitution

Jacksonian Democrats

200
A political party system like North Korea
What is a one party system?
200
States that you cannot deny the right to vote base on race or color
What is the 15th Amendment?
200

Term that describes the range of views (liberal to conservative) a person can have on political topics and issues.

What is the political spectrum?

200
When two parties work together
What is bipartisan?
200

Group that took over leading the nation from 1850-the 19teens with their stance against slavery.

Who are the Republicans
300

Examples: Bull Moose, Populist, Tea Party

What is a splinter party?

300
Lowered the voting age to 18
What is the 26th Amendment?
300
Voting for all the candidates of one party?
What is a straight ticket?
300
A fee to vote?
What is a poll tax?
300

Dominated early politics in the new nation with founding members like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Democratic Republicans

400

System of government in which multiple political parties exist representing many issues.  Usually relies on the formation of coalitions around one or two shared interests to win power.

What is multi party system?

400
The decade when Congress passed federal laws to protect minority rights and extend the 15th Amendment.
When was the 1960's?
400

The term that describes when a person feels they do not have a say or cannot effect change in the political process (like elections)

What is the political efficacy?

400
An elected gov.'t official seeking re-election to that some position
What is an incumbent?
400

Era of politics where no party has asserted itself as the dominate party in the United States

Era of Divided Government

500
The original U.S. political parties
Who are the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
500

Gave women the right to vote

What is the 19th Amendment?

500

Term that describes he factors which effect how you feel about a political issue or party.

What is a political socialization ?

500
A federal election that does NOT include the presidential election
What is an off-year election?
500

Group that rose to power with policies like the New Deal and their support of Civil Rights in 1930-1950s.

Who are the Democrats?
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