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Multiple-Choice Quiz

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

This activity contains 19 questions.

Question 1.
Most Western democracies have:


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Question 2.
The United States has the most "pure" _______________ in the world.


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Question 3.
Which of the following is a reason for the disappearance of the Federalist Party?


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Question 4.
The "second party system" was a struggle for power between:


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Question 5.
The GOP is another name for the:


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Question 6.
Which late-nineteenth-century political party formed an alliance of black and white poor, small farmers?


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Question 7.
The "Party System of 1896" resulted in:


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Question 8.
The "New Deal Party System" resulted in:


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Question 9.
The term political scientists use to designate the transition from one party system to another is:


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Question 10.
The term political scientists use to describe the process by which the superiority of a dominant political party diminishes without another party's supplanting it is:


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Question 11.
How do winner-take-all, single-member district election structures discourage minor party efforts?


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Question 12.
Which of the following is an example of a single-member district election?


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Question 13.
This type of party is barely distinguishable from interest groups.


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Question 14.
Which of the following statements best describes the organizational structure of American political parties?


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Question 15.
Which of the following is probably the greatest weakness of American political parties?


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Question 16.
Which group is primarily responsible for providing money and services to congressional candidates?


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Question 17.
One major way that the Democratic and Republican parties differ is:


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Question 18.
Which of the following is true with respect to major-party platforms?


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Question 19.
In recent years the Republican party has become more


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