1. Chapter 8: Political Parties

2. Chapter 8: Political Parties
Objectives:
Explain essential characteristics of political system of the United States, including the organization and function of political parties and the process of selecting political leaders.
Essential Question:
How do citizens, both individually and collectively, influence government policy?

3. Chapter 8-1: History of Political Parties
Vocabulary:
Political party
Two-party system
Stress
Promote
Third party
Platform

4. Link Video: Electing the President: Media and the Presidency
ElectingthePresidentMediaandthePresidency.mp4

5. Chapter 8-1: History of Political Parties
As you read p complete the graphic organizer to identify the major political parties in the U.S. and their position on a number of issues.
Party
Position on Issues

6. Political Parties are organizations of individuals with broad common interests

7. Two-Party System government that has two major political parties The US is considered a two-party system because they have won most of the elections to government offices.

8. Alexander Hamilton, leader of the Federalist Party, believed in a strong national government.

9. Thomas Jefferson, leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, believed that strong state governments would protect individual rights better than a strong national government because states are closer to the citizens.

10. favored limited powers for the national government

11. Chapter 8-1: History of Political Parties
Federalist party lost support and faded away.
By 1828 Democratic-Republican Party split-
Democratic Party supported Jackson
National Republican opposed Jackson

12. Chapter 8-1: History of Political Parties
Whig Party tried to win support by proposing internal improvements – road and canals
Avoided controversial issue of slavery.

13. Party created in 1854 by people who were opposed to slavery, breakaway group of Democrats and Whigs

14. Abraham Lincoln first Republican ever elected President

15. Ross Perot led the Reform Party in the 1990s
Third Parties
smaller, minor parties, never won a presidential election
Ross Perot led the Reform Party in the 1990s

16. Third Parties
Populist Party in the 1890s called for Senators to be elected by voters. They also favored an 8 hour work day. Wanted voters to have a more direct role in government

17. Third Parties
Ralph Nader run as the presidential candidate of the Green Party, which wants policies that favor the environment.

18. Single-Issue Party--Prohibition Party—ban the sale of alcohol
Third Parties
Single-Issue Party--Prohibition Party—ban the sale of alcohol

19. Third Parties
Communist Party USA—believed that the government or workers should own all resources and businesses.

20. Most Democracies have more than two political parties.

21. Democracies
Many democracies have multi-party systems. Canada has a 3 party system.

22. Chapter 8-1: History of Political Parties
France has more than eight
Isreal has more than twenty.

23. One-Party Systems China has only one party—the communist party
One-Party Systems China has only one party—the communist party. Elections are for show. One party systems are not democratic.

24. Democratic Party favor government support of housing, income, eduction and jobs for the poor.

25. Chapter 8-1: History of Political Parties
The Northeast region of the United States has traditionally supported the Democratic party that believes the government should be more involved in regulating the economy.

26. Republican Party favor less government regulation on economy.

27. Chapter 8-1: History of Political Parties
Republican support is very strong in the South.

28. Platform series of statements describing a political party’s beliefs and positions - Plank individual part of the platform

30. Political Parties Today
Chapter 8 Section 2
Political Parties Today

31. Chapter 8.2: Political Parties Today
Vocabulary:
National committee
Caucus
Precinct
adjacent
Political machine
Direct primary
Closed primary
Open primary
Plurality
majority

32. Chapter 8.2: Political Parties Today
Link Video: Roosevelt Nominated to Fourth Term
RooseveltNominatedforFourthTerm.mp4

33. Chapter 8.2: Political Parties Today
As you read p complete the graphic organizer to identify the roles of political parties.
Political Party Roles

34. A citizen does not need to belong to a political party in order to vote in the United States.

35. Watchdog role of the party that is out of power; to check action of party that is in power.

36. Congressional Campaign Committees help elect party members.

37. A certain number of qualified voters must sign a petition to get a third-party candidate’s name on the ballot

38. Petition paper signed by voters declaring support for a candidate; Any candidate may run for a general election by submitting a petition;

39. Party Supporter most likely to help make sure other party supporters go to the polls on election day

40. Open Primary voters do not need to declare their party preference in order to vote for the party’s nominees

41. Example Alabama

42. Plurality the most votes needed to win a primary election

43. Majority more than 50 percent of the total votes.

44. Closed Primary voters register with the party before a primary election, and vote in that party they; prevents people from other parties from nominating a weak candidate

45. Example Florida

46. example New York City’s Tammany Hall

47. Political Machines very strong local political organization, harmful for the democratic process

48. Precinct Captain works at the local level to support a political party

49. State Political Committee focus on electing party candidates to state position; the role of a party committee at the county level is to support party efforts at the local, state, and national levels.

50. National Political Committee raise money for candidates; Presidential

51. National Convention delegates write a party’s platform

52. leads fund-raising efforts

53. Caucus meeting of state and local party organizations, way some states choose presidential candidates

55. Bell Ringer Copy questions and underline answers.
Chapter 9 Lesson 1
Bell Ringer
Copy questions and underline answers.

56. Chapter 9.1 Who Can Vote? Vocabulary 9.1 Principle Suffrage Register
Polling place
Ballot
Voter turnout rate
apathy

57. Chapter 9.1 Who Can Vote?
Video Link: Who Chooses to Vote and Why

58. Chapter 9.1 Who Can Vote?
As you read p complete the flow chart on suffrage. Identify and explain who gaine the right to vote. Add additional boxes if necessary.
15th Amendment: No person can be denied the right to vote because of race or color .

59. *Suffrage right to vote, Only white, male landowner were allowed to vote in the early years of our nation reformers have fought to extend suffrage to groups such as African Americans and women

60. *Fifteenth Amendment 1870 forbids denial of right to vote based on race, many Southern states passed laws to keep African Americans from voting.

61. Nineteenth Amendment ratified in1920
Nineteenth Amendment ratified in Women first won the right to vote at the state level. Alice Paul helped to draw attention to the issue of woman suffrage.

62. Twenty-third Amendment grants the residents of Washington, D. C
Twenty-third Amendment grants the residents of Washington, D.C. the right to vote for president and vice president.

63. Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibited the poll tax in national elections.

64. Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowered the voting age to 18

65. Justice Department gained the right to sue to protect voting rights in certain states with the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

66. Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed literacy tests.

67. Congressional Act of 1924 citizenship for Native Americans

68. Chapter 9.1 Who Can Vote?
As you read p create a chart that list the step in the voting process.
Register to vote
Become informed
Cast a ballet

70. Registering first step in the voting process, be able to prove your age and citizenship

71. National Voter Registration Act made it easier to register to vote
National Voter Registration Act made it easier to register to vote. Another name for the National Voter Registration Act is the “Motor Voter” law allowed drivers license to work for ID for Registering.

72. Precinct has one polling place.

73. Absentee Ballot is a method of voting for people who cannot go to the polls on Election Day In many states, people who will be traveling on Election Day may vote by absentee ballot or early voting.

74. Punch Card type of ballot.

75. Bilingual Ballots required by federal law in certain areas of the country.

76. President Lyndon B. Johnson called the right to vote “the most powerful instrument ever devised … for breaking down injustice.”

77. Voter Turnout 52 out of 100 eligible people vote in an election, the voter turnout rate is 52 percent; One major reason people do not vote is because they fail to register

78. Chapter 9.1 Who Can Vote?
Apathy: A lack of interest, about political participation and voting.

79. Bush v. Gore decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential election; Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court ordered the recounting of votes to stop.

81. Chapter 9.2: Elections and Campaigns

82. Chapter 9.2: Elections and Campaigns
Vocabulary:
Issue
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
Electoral College
Popular vote
Winner-take-all system
pursue
Canvas
Political action committee

83. Chapter 9.2: Elections and Campaigns
Link Video: The Federal Government and the Electoral College
TheFederalGovernmentandTheElectoralCollege.mp4

84. Chapter 9.2: Elections and Campaigns
As you read p complete the table stating the purpose of different types of elections.
Types of Elections
Types of Elections
Purpose

85. Electors cast electoral votes for president and vice president.