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CHAPTER 7 Political Parties MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ‘Type Ans Page ‘Type Page ‘Type Page ‘Type Page Conceptual D 15 Factual 152 Conceptual c 152 Conceptual 152 1 ‘Which of the following statements about political parties in the United States is true? 8 Patiesin this country ave relatively new, having emerged only after the Civil Wer b. Pasties today are relatively strong, but they are not strong in all ‘reas of the country, © Patties in this country have never been as strong—or meant as smuch—as in many European counties 4 Pauties today are relatively weak, but they are not weak in all ‘reas of the country, ¢. Pauties are slatively strong today although loyalties axe spread sore widely. ‘The term label is most closely associated with the definition of American 8 leadership groups b. interest groups © solidery groups. 4 ideological groups, © political parties. ‘The key term in the definition of a political party is organization —with the purpose of giving the pasty clout ideology—to provide clear policy choices for the party. label—to give a candidate pasty identification nationalism—to create a strong national pasty. allegicoice—to enhance pasty stvength. epoee Party identificetion among voters is ane way of gauging the strength of a party. Another cited by the text is the & —mumber of parties thet appear on the ballot in a national election. b. use of a party label or symbol on bellots in municipal elections ©. strength of the organization thet recruits and campaigns for candidates, 4 protection offered to individual pasties by the US. Constitution. € amount of attention given to parties by the media. oni © Houston Min Compan. Al ight reseed. 200 ‘Type Page ‘Type Page ‘Type Page ‘Type Page ‘Type Page ‘Chapter 7: Political Parties Conceptual c 152 Conceptual E 153 Conceptual D 153 Conceptual A 153 Conceptual A 153 Pasty identification among voters is one way of gauging the strength of a party, Another cited by the text is the a. mumber of pasties thet appear on the bellot in a national lection use of a party label or symbol on ballots in municipal elections, ©. election of leaders who ean dominste ane or all branches af government protection offered to individual parties by the U.S. Constitution amount of attention given to parties by the media ‘The federalist system goes along way toward explaining why U S. parties ae then their European counterparts. a more ideological b — lessideological ©. more aggressive d more centralized e — more decentralized Armsjor difference between U.S. and Ewopean political parties is ‘that a. Eopean parties make maze patronage jobs available Ewopeans tend to have awinnes-teke-all electoral system, ©. Americans are maze ideologically oriented and less pragmatic then Ewopeans. d US. federalism promotes the decentralization of parties, e, Ewopean pasties are less ideologically extreme. (One season why political pasties in the United States today are ‘weaker than in Europe is that, in the United States, a. politicel-pasty organizations are decentralized local party leaders rarely have as much power ag national ones. ©. candidates are typicelly chosen by party leaders to nun for office 4 Congiess eserves the right to select the chief executive of the government e. _ party leaders have became less ideological (One season why political pasties in the United States today are ‘weaker than in Europe is that, in the United States, party leaders do not typically select people to run for office. local party leaders rarely have as much power as national ones political parties organizations are highly eentvalized. Congress reserves the right to select the chief executive of the government e. _ party leaders have became less ideological aoce Copitt © Houston Min Company lights reseed, ‘Type Page ‘Type Page ‘Type Page ‘Type Page ‘Type Page ‘Type Page Copii © Houston Min Company. I its reseed Factual 153 Factual 153 Factual 153 Conceptual A 153 Factual 153 Conceptual B 154 10. u 13 14. 15, Chapter 7: Political Parties 201 Candidates for public office in the United States are chosen by primary elections in a all states, most states. © about half of the states, very few states. e. seven states, Inmost states, cendidates for office are chosen by a the people > party leaders ©. primary elections conventions e. delegations InEvcope, almost the only way a person can became a candidate is by winning « constituency referendum. being nominsted by a member of the executive branch. ©. Winningin the primary election dhisinghis or her own campaign organization. e. being nominated by party leaders (One season why political pasties in the United States today are ‘weaker than in Europe is that, in the United States, the president's power to use appointments to contral Congress islimited local pasty leaders rarely have as much power as national ones ©. candidates are typicelly chosen by party leaders to nun for office 4. partisanship plays an important ole in our social, business, and cultural lives e. _ party leaders have became less ideological Compared to the sole political parties in Ewope play in the lives of their citizens, US. political pasties have much more influence have ebout the same influence hhave much less influence have more influence only in times of war. se increasingly influential to the average voter apogee ‘What role do political pasties play in the lives of most Americans? a US. political parties dominate a vasiety of associations to ‘which a person may belong 1 Most Americans separate political parties from other aspects of theis lives

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