an organization of people who share similar ideas about government
What is a political party?
100
a geographic area containing a specific number of voters
What is a precinct?
100
a person seeking public office
What is a candidate?
100
primary election in which voters may vote for a party's nominees without declaring membership in that party
What is an open primary election?
100
I believed in strong state governments that would protect individual rights better than a strong national government because states are closer to citizens.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
How many major parties does the U.S. have?
What is a two-party system?
200
a role played by the party that loses the general elections
What is a watchdog?
200
a geographic election unit made of several adjoining precincts
What is a ward?
200
political party that tends to favor less government regulation and services
What is the Republican party?
200
I warned that political parties may have harmful effects.
Who is George Washington?
300
a type of political party that forms around a candidate not supported by the major parties
What is a third-party candidate?
300
an individual part of a party platform
What is a plank?
300
a political party formed in 1872 to promote bans on the sale of alcohol
What is Prohibitionist?
300
the poitical party that called for the direct election of senators and and eight-hour workday
What is the Populist party?
300
We believed that the best way to protect individual rights was to have a strong government.
Who were the Federalists?
400
an election in which voters choose dandidates to represent the two major parties in a general election
What is a direct primary?
400
Canada is described as a/an ___ system.
What is multi-party?
400
the political party that tends to favor more government regulations and services
What is the Democratic party?
400
strong party organization whose candidates win elections year after year
What is a political machine?
400
A breakaway group of Whigs and Democrats formed the Republican party in 1854 because they tended to oppose ___.
What is slavery?
500
an organization that raises funds for presidential elections
What is a national committee?
500
primary election in which only declared members of a party may note for that party's nominees
What is a closed primary elections?
500
written request signed by qualified voters to place an independent or third-party candidate on a general election