Chapter 12 Quiz - Political Parties PDF

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Quiz 11 covers Chapter 12, “Political Parties.” The quiz is composed of 10 multiple choice questions. The purpose of this quiz is to assess your knowledge of course content. You are allowed three attempts to successfully complete the quiz....

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Chapter 12 Quiz - Political Parties Quiz 11 covers Chapter 12, “Political Parties.”The quiz is composed of 10 multiple choice questions. The purpose of this quiz is to assess your knowledge of course content. You are allowed three attempts to successfully complete the quiz. The best way to prepare for this quiz is to read and take notes onKeeping the Republic, Chapter 12. Q1 Barbour and Wright opine, and a close reading of Federalist No. 10 would confirm, that cynicism about American political parties ______. A has been a major feature of American politics since the founding

Q2In contrast to James Madison in Federalist No. 10, Barbour and Wright maintain that political parties ______. A:are essential to a healthy democracy

Q3Just as pluralists would predict, parties are important in democracies because they ______. A:serve as linkage institutions between citizens and their government

Q4 Parties are especially useful in the American political system because they can ______. A coordinate activity across both branches and levels of government

Q5 In recent decades, the Democratic Party has become more liberal and the Republican Party more conservative. This fact can best be attributed to

the ______. A movement of conservative Southern Democrats to the Republican Party

Q6 An implication of Barbour and Wright’s discussion of the forces that drive apart and push together American political parties ideologically is that ______. A statewide candidates will probably be more moderate than candidates in smaller districts

Q7 Members of the party base who are especially committed to the values and policies of their party and who devote large portions of their time and money to it are known as party ______. A activists

Q8 Since party activists are more likely to participate in primaries than the average party identifier, ______. A the likely winner of most Democratic primaries will be more liberal than the average voter

Q9 Divided government and incremental realignment are both characteristics of ______. A the sixth party era

Q10 Barbour and Wright imply that voters obtain the most information about political parties’ contending platforms from ______. A the media...