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poli sci 2051 chapter 11: political partiesexam questions and answers
define political parties - Answers -an organized group with shared goals and ideals that
joins together to run candidates for office and exercise political and electoral power
what was the first president elected as the nominee of a political party system - Answers
-thomas jefferson
when was the federalist party dissolved - Answers -1820
when and what was the "era of good feeling" - Answers -james monroe's presidency
during 1817-1825 when party competition was nearly nonexistent at the national level
how much did voting rise from 1820-1840 - Answers -rose from 300,000 to more than 2
million
under which president did the democratic republicans arise - Answers -thomas jefferson
which party succeeded the democratic republicans and which president it under -
Answers -democrats; andrew jackson
who was the whig speaker of the house from 1811-1820 - Answers -henry clay
in which election was the first that a party's nominee was chosen at a large party
convention - Answers -jackson vs clay in 1832
what were the first two major parties - Answers -whigs and democrats
what party did the whigs turn into - Answers -republicans
when and why did the republican party form - Answers -in 1854 due to anti-slavery
whigs who seeked a new affiliation
who was the first republican president - Answers -abraham lincoln
when did republicans and democrats become the two major parties - Answers -1860
when was the golden age - Answers -(1860-1932) end of post-civil war reconstruction
until the reforms fo the progressive era
, what was the golden age - Answers -an era with remarkable stability in both the
democratic and republican parties
define political machine - Answers -organizations that use tangible incentives such as
jobs and favors to win loyalty among voters
what was the voter turnout from 1876-1900 - Answers -75% or better
what is the voter turnout today - Answers -50-60%
when did fdr's new deal come into play - Answers -1930's
what impact did the new deal have - Answers -social services began to be regarded as
a right of citizenship rather than as a privilege extended in exchange for a person's
support of a party
what did the weakening of the party system lead to - Answers -candidate-centered
politics
define party realignments - Answers -dramatic shifts in partisan preferences that
drastically alter the political landscape
what preceds a party realignment - Answers -one or more critical elections
define critical election - Answers -an election that signals a party realignment through
voter polarization around new issues and personalities
define secular realignment - Answers -the gradual realignment of party coalitions, based
more on demographic shifts than on shocks of the political system
when was the most significant and recent example of secular realignment - Answers -
when the southern states shifted towards the republican party between 1980-1990
what is the primary function of the national party - Answers -to establish a cohesive
vision for partisan identifiers nationwide and to disseminate that vision to party members
and voters
what does the national party chairperson do - Answers -serves as the head of the
national committee and leads the national party
how is the national chairperson usually selected - Answers -by the sitting president or
newly nominated presidential candidate
what is the chair primarily during the four years between elections - Answers -primary
spokesperson and arbitrator for the party
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