study guide

Question 1

chickens name

Answer 1

captain marshmellow

Question 2

a private organization that seeks to win elections and control the government power;

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a political party

Question 3

are political parties mentioned in the constitution?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

two political parties that try to win control of the house, senate, and the presidency

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democratic and republican

Question 5

the US has single member district which favor the development of a

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two party system

Question 6

with single member districts, the one candidate with the most votes

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wins

Question 7

the EU has proportional rfpresentaiotn with multiple _______

Answer 7

members per district

Question 8

fed. #10 madison warned against _____

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the violences of faction or interest groups

Question 9

why did madison warm about factions?

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he called factions a dangerous vice leading to instability, injustice, and confusion

Question 10

washington condemned factions and his own cabinet broke into the first two political parties

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the federalists and the democratic republicans

Question 11

who led the federalists?

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alexander hamilton, secretary of the treasury

Question 12

who led the democratic- republicans?

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thomas jefferson, secretary of state

Question 13

what was the primary controversy between the federalists and the democratic republicans?

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whether the federal government had power to create a national bank

Question 14

when was the modern democratic party founded??

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in 1828

Question 15

what happened to the federalists vs the Democratic-republicans?

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the federalist party died out and the democratic- republican party split in two

Question 16

war hero andrew jackson led the _____

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democratic party

Question 17

andrew jackson was seen as a

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man of the people

Question 18

the tammany society endorsed jackson in exchange for

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influence federal jobs

Question 19

the republican party emerged in the 1850s from the ______

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abolitionist (anti-slavery) movement

Question 20

who was the first republican president?

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abraham lincoln

Question 21

the republican controlled congress passed the

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reconstruction amendments (13th - 15th)

Question 22

all of the 20+ black members of congress before 1900 were

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republican

Question 23

starting in the late 1800s the republican party also pushed for

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women’s voting rights ( opposed by the democrats)

Question 24

between the civil war and the progressive era (1870s- 1900) ______dominated elections

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political machines

Question 25

powerful "machine" based in New york; provided social services for many new immigrants in exchange for votes; once the candidates were in power, they gave federal jobs and contracts back

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Tammany Hall

Question 26

many of the progressive era reforms targeted the corruption of the ______

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machines

Question 27

direct__________gave the people a voice when selecting candidates within each party

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primary elections

Question 28

direct election of ______also gave the people a voice and diluted the power of political parties

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senators

Question 29

what was prohibition?

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an attack on the " saloon culture" of the machines

Question 30

the female vote was also seen as purer and

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less corrupt

Question 31

during the progressive era ________was a republican who went third party

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teddy roosevelt

Question 32

TR felt that his successor in office______was no progressive enough

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william taft

Question 33

when the republicans nominated taft for reelection, TR created his own progressive

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bull moose party (1912)

Question 34

while TR received more votes than taft he acted as a spoiler sending a democrat to the white house ______

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woodrow wilson

Question 35

the democrats dominated from the 1930s- 70s growing

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social welfare programs

Question 36

during the great depression, FDR's ___gained popularity especially for the poor and marginalized

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NEW DEAL

Question 37

Democrats became associated with ________ including lyndon johnson's great society

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welfare entitlement programs

Question 38

democrats also received credit for the _______ which was passed during johnson's presidency

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civil rights act of 1964

Question 39

in the 1980s and 90s the ________led a conservative backlash

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republicans

Question 40

led by president _______, republicans argued that the federal government had become too big and too invasive

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ronald regan

Question 41

america was also reacting the communist threats against

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freedom and prosperity

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regan and conservative republicans believed

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less government is more ( except in military defense)

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the federal government has grown in size under both president

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GW bush and obama

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within the republican party the split between moderate/ establishment candidates and the

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conservative tea party candidates

Question 45

the democratic party is more unified in its willingness to support

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progressive causes