QUIZ REVIEW
1. What is a party platform?
a. A place where partly leaders meet
b. A statement of a party’s beliefs and positions
c. A method a party uses to contact followers
d. A list of party’s candidates
2. What parties became the chief rivals starting in the 1850’s?
a. Democrat-Republicans and Federalists
b. Federalists and National Republicans
c. Republicans and Democrats
d. Whigs and Democrats
Analyze the document and answer the questions that follow.
This is a passage from the Bull Moose Party, a third party that competed in the 1912 presidential
election.
“Political parties exist to secure responsible government and to execute [carry out[ the will of the people.
From these great tasks both of the old parties have turned aside. Instead of instruments to promote the
general welfare, they have become the tools of corrupt interests which use them to serve their selfish
purpose.”
3.
The platform says that the two purposes of a political party are running the government
responsibly and
a. Winning elections.
b. Carrying out the will of the people.
c. Gaining political power.
d. Collecting needed campaign funds.
4. According to the platform, how had the major parties failed?
a. By taking away the citizens’ right to vote
b. By joining together instead of competing
c. By doing the will of corrupt interests
d. By failing to find good candidates
5. To be elected president, a candidate must win
a. The electoral vote
b. The populat vote
c. The special election
d. The party’s nomination
6. What is the purpose of campaign advertising?
a. To canvass the voters
b. To rain money
c. To win the primary
d. To make the candidate’s ideas known
7. Which of these would be the best source for evaluating a candidate’s statements on issues?
a. The candidate’s issue-based position papers
b. The Website of the candidate’s political party
c. Newspaper articles analyzing the candidates’ positions
d. Political advertising pad for by the candidate’s opponent?
Analyze the document and answer the questions that follow.
“The right of the citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or
Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress,
she not be denied or abridged by the United Sates or any State by reason of failure to pay nay poll tax or
other tax”.
-U.S. Constitution, Twenty-fourth Amendment, ratified in 1964
8. What is the purpose of this amendment?
a. To reduce taxes
b. To protect voting rights
c. To regulate voter registration
d. To change the rules for the Electoral College
9. Which best describes elections the amendment affects?
a. Presidential primaries
b. State and national elections
c. State and local elections
d. Elections for federal office
* The information to answer these questions are in the Civics textbook, chapters 10 & 11 if you need to
some extra information to answer these questions.
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