Question 1

Incumbents in Congress

Accepted Answer

A)  typically are outspent in campaigns by their challengers. 
B)  rarely get re-elected due to the dismal approval rating of Congress as an institution. 
C)  typically raise three times the money for their political campaigns than challengers. 
D)  are typically challenged by strong opponents in their own party in the primary and by the opposition party in the general election. 
E)  are highly likely to be challenged by women. 
A)  typically are outspent in campaigns by their challengers. 
B)  rarely get re-elected due to the dismal approval rating of Congress as an institution. 
C)  typically raise three times the money for their political campaigns than challengers. 
D)  are typically challenged by strong opponents in their own party in the primary and by the opposition party in the general election. 
E)  are highly likely to be challenged by women.

Question 2

Strong and often corrupt urban political party organizations during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  gangs 
B)  juntas 
C)  machines 
D)  corporations 
E)  527 committees 
A)  gangs 
B)  juntas 
C)  machines 
D)  corporations 
E)  527 committees

Question 3

The first party system was characterized by conflict between the ________ and the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Federalists; Jeffersonian Republicans 
B)  Democrats; Republicans 
C)  Whigs; Democrats 
D)  Whigs; Jeffersonian Republicans 
E)  Whigs; Federalists 
A)  Federalists; Jeffersonian Republicans 
B)  Democrats; Republicans 
C)  Whigs; Democrats 
D)  Whigs; Jeffersonian Republicans 
E)  Whigs; Federalists

Incumbents in Congress

Strong and often corrupt urban political party organizations during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were called ________.

The first party system was characterized by conflict between the and the .

American Political Culture

The Founding and the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Public Opinion

The Media

Political Participation and Voting

Campaigns and Elections

Groups and Interests

Congress

The Presidency

Bureaucracy in a Democracy

The Federal Courts

Government and the Economy

Social Policy

Foreign Policy and Democracy

Filters

Exam 9: Political Parties

Incumbents in Congress

Strong and often corrupt urban political party organizations during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were called ________.

The first party system was characterized by conflict between the ________ and the ________.

American Political Culture

The Founding and the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Public Opinion

The Media

Political Participation and Voting

Campaigns and Elections

Groups and Interests

Congress

The Presidency

Bureaucracy in a Democracy

The Federal Courts

Government and the Economy

Social Policy

Foreign Policy and Democracy

Filters

The first party system was characterized by conflict between the and the .