Study Guide
Political Parties, Voting & Interest Groups - Chapters 5, 9, 10 & 11
1. What are civic duties?
2. List our civic duties.
3. What are civic responsibilities?
4. List our civic responsibilities.
5. What is the benefit of volunteering to the
government?
6. What are the benefits for the individual to
volunteer?
7. What is a political party?
8. What are the 3 types of party systems?
9. Which type of party system is the U.S.?
10. What is a plurality?
11. What is a majority?
12. What is a coalition?
13. What are the problems with multi-party
systems?
14. What were the first parties in the U.S.?
15. Who was the first Republican president?
16. What was the Era of Good Feelings?
17. Who was president during the Era of Good
feelings and what party did he belong to?
18. What effect do third parties have on the two
dominant parties?
19. What was the Progressive party?
20. What are the functions of a political party?
21. What is patronage?
22. What is a political machine?
23. What was the famous NY City political
machine?
24. What is a platform?
25. What is a plank?
26. What is a straight ticket?
27. What is a split ticket?
28. What is a caucus?
29. What is a nominating convention?
30. What are primaries?
31. What are the 2 types of primaries and their
difference?
Study Guide
Political Parties, Voting & Interest Groups - Chapters 5, 9, 10 & 11
1. What are civic duties?
2. List our civic duties.
3. What are civic responsibilities?
4. List our civic responsibilities.
5. What is the benefit of volunteering to the
government?
6. What are the benefits for the individual to
volunteer?
7. What is a political party?
8. What are the 3 types of party systems?
9. Which type of party system is the U.S.?
10. What is a plurality?
11. What is a majority?
12. What is a coalition?
13. What are the problems with multi-party
systems?
14. What were the first parties in the U.S.?
15. Who was the first Republican president?
16. What was the Era of Good Feelings?
17. Who was president during the Era of
Good feelings and what party did he belong
to?
18. What effect do third parties have on the
two dominant parties?
19. What was the Progressive party?
20. What are the functions of a political
party?
21. What is patronage?
22. What is a political machine?
23. What was the famous NY City political
machine?
24. What is a platform?
25. What is a plank?
26. What is a straight ticket?
27. What is a split ticket?
28. What is a caucus?
29. What is a nominating convention?
30. What are primaries?
31. What are the 2 types of primaries and
their difference?
33. What 2 candidates are chosen at the
national nominating convention?
34. Who is not eligible to vote?
35. What is the process to vote?
36. What is an absentee ballot?
37. What is an exit poll?
38. What do we call people eligible to vote?
39. What is an initiative?
40. What is a proposition?
41. What is a referendum?
42. When does a referendum usually occur?
43. What is a recall?
44. What is the purpose of campaigning?
45. What is mass campaigning and what is
its disadvantage?
46. What is grass roots campaigning and
what is its disadvantage?
47. What is canvassing?
48. What is an incumbent?
49. What is the advantage to being an
incumbent?
50. What are political action committees?
What are their functions?
51. What are the ways a candidate can
receive money for his/her campaign?
52. What is considered the most important
issue in public opinion?
53. What groups try to influence public
opinion?
54. How is public opinion determined?
55. What are push polls and why should
they be scrutinized?
56. What poll is consistently given about
the president?
57. What is the purpose of media?
58. What are interest groups?
59. What are the types of interest groups?
60. What is the function of interest groups?
61. What is a lobbyist?
62. What is the Federal Regulation of
Lobbying Act?
33.What 2 candidates are chosen at the
national nominating convention?
34. Who is not eligible to vote?
35. What is the process to vote?
36. What is an absentee ballot?
37. What is an exit poll?
38. What do we call people eligible to vote?
39. What is an initiative?
40. What is a proposition?
41. What is a referendum?
42. When does a referendum usually occur?
43. What is a recall?
44. What is the purpose of campaigning?
45. What is mass campaigning and what is
its disadvantage?
46. What is grass roots campaigning and
what is its disadvantage?
47. What is canvassing?
48. What is an incumbent?
49. What is the advantage to being an
incumbent?
50. What are political action committees?
What are their functions?
51. What are the ways a candidate can
receive money for his/her campaign?
52. What is considered the most important
issue in public opinion?
54. How is public opinion determined?
55. What are push polls and why should
they be scrutinized?
56. What poll is consistently given about
the president?
57. What is the purpose of media?
58. What are interest groups?
59. What are the types of interest groups?
60. What is the function of interest groups?
61. What is a lobbyist?
62. What is the Federal Regulation of
Lobbying Act?