1. Practice Quiz

2. Question #1
Who were the first leaders of the first political parties? Which Parties were they?
Jefferson –Federalist Hamilton-Anti-Federalist
Hamilton-Federalist Washington-Republican
Hamilton-Federalist Jefferson-Anti-Federalist
Washington-Federalist Adams-Whig

3. Question #2 Which political party dominated politics from 1800- 1841?
Federalist
Democratic-Republicans
Whigs
Republicans

4. Question #3 Which political party dominated from 1860-1932?
Republicans
Democrats
Whigs
Know nothings

5. Question #4
Which 3rd party is focused mostly on issues that deal with the environment?
The Environmental Party
The Independent Party
The Libertarian Party
The Green Party

6. Question #5
Which of the following best explains why third parties do not tend to win elections?
They are too small to garner much national attention?
They tend to have splintered off from one of the more powerful parties, so they split votes
The tend to focus mainly on one big issue
All of the above

7. Question #6
How were presidents nominated from the time of Jackson until the early 1900’s?
Whoever wanted to run put their name on a ballot and the most popular won
The national party convention and political leaders chose the nominee
The voters chose in a primary election
Whoever paid the most money ran for that party that election year

8. Question #7
Which of the following are critiques of the electoral college system?
It is not really democratic
The person with the most popular votes does not always win
If you get the most votes in the state, you win all of the states electoral votes
All of the above

9. Question #8
Which type of poll is conducted over and over with the same voters to track their views on candidates?
Straw poll
Tracking poll
Opinion poll
None of the above

10. Question #9
What do you think is the main reason that politicians watch the polls?
It is fun to watch your opponents numbers go down
It shows what people are looking at in different areas
It shows what issues the people are focused on and what their opinions are on them
They serve no purpose

11. Question #10
Which of the following is the main purpose PAC’s serve to help candidates get elected?
Create webpages
Raise people’s awareness on issues
Play a lot of video games about the candidates
Raise a ton of funds to help the candidate compete with the other candidates