AP GOVERNMENT
Political Parties
Text: Wilson: Chapter 9—read and define terms in context to the chapter.
Caucus
Congressional campaign committee
Critical or realignment period
Ideological party
Mugwumps or progressives
National chair
National committee
Office-bloc ballot
Party-column ballot
Personal following
Plurality system
Political machine
Political party
Solidary incentives
Split ticket
Sponsored party
Straight ticket
Superdelegates
Tea Party Movement
Two-party system
Chart the following (do not forget a thesis);
1. Trace the development of the US party system through its four periods. Explain why
parties have been in decline since the New Deal
2. Indicate the major differences between the parties (if any). Describe some of the issue
differences between delegates at Democratic and Republican conventions, and compare
their policy positions with those of rank-and-file party members.
Due dates:
11/17
11/18
11/19
11/21
Terms;
Chart #1 and Chart #2
Current Event and Supreme Court Case
Test on chapters 1-9