Ch.7

Question 1

A political party is different from an interest group in that a political part

Answer 1

seeks to control the entire government by electing its members to office and thereby controlling the government’s personnel

Question 2

Parties today are important in the electoral process in

Answer 2

recruiting and nominating candidates for office

Question 3

Which party was founded as a political expression of the antislavery

Answer 3

republican

Question 4

The periodic episodes in American history in which an “old” dominant political party is replaced by a “new” dominant political party are called

Answer 4

electoral realignments

Question 5

Third parties have influenced national politics mainly by

Answer 5

promoting specific issues and ideas

Question 6

Which of the following factors is not currently an obstacle to voting in the United States?

Answer 6

literacy tests

Question 7

Partisan loyalty

Answer 7

is often handed down from parents to children

Question 8

The biggest issue in the 2012 national elections was

Answer 8

the economy

Question 9

In the 2012 presidential election, public funding

Answer 9

was declined by both major-party candidates

Question 10

In Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court ruled that

Answer 10

the right of individuals to spend their own money to campaign is constitutionally protected