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AGS American Government Chapter 11 Test
Test Description: Government test review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A political party is a group of people with common ideas about
A
government
B
debates
C
history
2) The purpose of a political party is to try to get who or what into public office to promote party ideas.
A
convention
B
candidates
C
committee
3) Which party became the Democratic party?
A
Federalists
B
Anti-Federalists
C
Whigs
4) Andrew Jackson, first leader of the Democratic party, thought the federal government should do what to the common people.
A
tax
B
control
C
represent
5) The ideas of minor political parties can can do what to the beliefs of the major parties.
A
influence
B
elect
C
debate
6) Candidates need committees, volunteers, and who or what else to carry on a political campaign.
A
staff
B
privacy
C
ballots
7) Money to cover large campaign expenses comes from fund raisers, PACs, and what else
A
donations
B
tobacco
C
surveys
8) The two major American ____________ parties are the ________ and the Republican parties
A
political, Deomcratic
B
disco, Whigs
C
political, Whigs
9) The Republican party, which formed when several groups combined, was against _________ .
A
the Bill of Rights
B
slavery
C
taxation
10) In a _______ primary, delegates to the national _____ are elected because they will support a certain candidate
A
candidate, convention
B
PAC, convention
C
presidential, convention
11) ________ addresses, _____ call votes, and acceptance speeches are heard at national conventions
A
Keynote, roll
B
President, candidates
C
Congress, each
12) People cast their vote how in a voting booth
A
Publicly
B
Privately
13) Andrew Jackson left the Anti-Federalist party because he thought it was being used for the good of the common people.
A
True
B
False
14) Minor party candidates can swing election outcomes away from a favored candidate.
A
True
B
False
15) Re-electing incumbents, holding fund raisers, and keeping constituents informed are not functions of political parties.
A
True
B
False
16) A nonpartisan primary is usually used to remove an official from office
A
False
B
True
17) Delegates to party conventions are elected in indirect primaries.
A
True
B
False
18) In a closed direct primary, voters choose candidates from the party of their choice to run for offices in the general election.
A
False
B
True
19) Delegates at national conventions vote for the party's nominees for President.
A
False
B
True
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