5 Written Questions

1. ...
2. voters may vote for candidates from either party
3. The New Deal colition did little to win the support of Jews and Catholics
4. a Southern realignment
5. national committee.

5 Matching Questions

1. 12. What are patronage jobs?
2. 20. An exmple of a critical election is
3. 2. The key spokespersons for political parties come from which of its major components?
4. 4. A political party is best defined as
5. 15. Closed primaries

1. a Jobs givenfor political reasons rather than for merit or competence
2. b The displacement of the majority Republicans with the Democrats during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
3. c encourage party loyalty.
4. d the party-in-government
5. e a team of men and women seeking control of the governing apparatus by gaining office
   in a duly constituted election. 

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.
   1. 21. Party realignments in the United States.
   2. 11. Power in the major United States political parties is
   3. 19. Keeping the party operating between conventions is the job of the
   4. 22. The first party system in the United States consisted of the
2. Europe
   1. 12. What are patronage jobs?
   2. 20. An exmple of a critical election is
   3. 17.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
   4. 28. Where is the proportional method mot commonly used?
3. a governing party needed a loyal opposition party to represent parts of society that it
   could not.
   1. 22. The first party system in the United States consisted of the
   2. 11. Power in the major United States political parties is
   3. 27. What sort of realignment has occurred in the current party era?
   4. 24. During the second party system in United States history, Martin Van Buren argued that
4. National convention
   1. 30. Which of these is NOT part of the responsible party model?
   2. 11. Power in the major United States political parties is
   3. 18. Which is primarily responsible for crafting the political party's platform nd for nominating its candidates for president and vice president?
   4. 13. A party machine is a kind of local party organization that
5. The minority party must promote the majority party's platform.
   1. 17.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
   2. 11. Power in the major United States political parties is
   3. 28. Where is the proportional method mot commonly used?
   4. 30. Which of these is NOT part of the responsible party model?

5 True/False Questions

1. 7. The theory that seeks to explain political processes and outcomes as consequences of
   purposive behavior is called the → rational-choice theory.

   True        False

2. 17.Which of the following statements is TRUE? → Jobs givenfor political reasons rather than for merit or competence

   True        False

3. 6. American political parties tend to take middle-of-the-road stands on major issues? → because most of the American electorate are centrist.

   True        False

4. 13. A party machine is a kind of local party organization that → uses specific and material inducements to win party loyalty and power.

   True        False

5. 16. If you are regitered as Republican, you can vote in a(n) → are rare events in the United States, usually associated with a major national crisis or
   trauma, in which one party's majority domination is replaced with another's.

   True        False