POLI SCI 2051 CHAPTER 11: POLITICAL PARTIES EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS

POLI SCI 2051 CHAPTER 11: POLITICAL PARTIES EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS define political parties - an organized group with shared goals and ideals that joins together to run candidates for office and exercise political and electoral power what was the first president elected as the nominee of a political party system - thomas jefferson when was the federalist party dissolved - 1820 when and what was the "era of good feeling" - james monroe's presidency during when party competition was nearly nonexistent at the national level how much did voting rise from - rose from 300,000 to more than 2 million under which president did the democratic republicans arise - thomas jefferson which party succeeded the democratic republicans and which president it under - democrats; andrew jackson who was the whig speaker of the house from - henry clay EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2 in which election was the first that a party's nominee was chosen at a large party convention - jackson vs clay in 1832 what were the first two major parties - whigs and democrats what party did the whigs turn into - republicans when and why did the republican party form - in 1854 due to anti-slavery whigs who seeked a new affiliation who was the first republican president - abraham lincoln when did republicans and democrats become the two major parties - 1860 when was the golden age - () end of post-civil war reconstruction until the reforms fo the progressive era what was the golden age - an era with remarkable stability in both the democratic and republican parties define political machine - organizations that use tangible incentives such as jobs and favors to win loyalty among voters what was the voter turnout from - 75% or better what is the voter turnout today - 50-60% when did fdr's new deal come into play - 1930's EMILY CHARLENE © 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 3 what impact did the new deal have - social services began to be regarded as a right of citizenship rather than as a privilege extended in exchange for a person's support of a party what did the weakening of the party system lead to - candidate-centered politics define party realignments - dramatic shifts in partisan preferences that drastically alter the political landscape what preceds a party realignment - one or more critical elections define critical election - an election that signals a party realignment through voter polarization around new issues and personalities define secular realignment - the gradual realignment of party coalitions, based more on demographic shifts than on shocks of the political system when was the most significant and recent example of secular realignment - when the southern states shifted towards the republican party between 1980-199