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22 Cards in this Set
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How did the Federalist and Anti-Federalists differ?
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Differences over the role of government
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What was the first political party? Who led it?
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the Federalist Party was led by Alexander Hamilton
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Who led the Democrat-Republican Party?
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Tomas Jefferson
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What was Democrat-Republican Party known as after 1828?
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Democrat Party
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Why was the Republican Party formed?
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Opposed to slavery and supported business interests
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Who was the first Republican president?
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Abraham Lincoln
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Why do third parties form? (List 2)
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Support a cause or and idea.
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How can a third party candidate change the outcome of an election?
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A third party candidate can take votting away from the other two candidates.
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How did Ross Perot influence the 1992 Presidential Election?
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Ross made the national debt a mojar issue
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How are the Democrats and Republicans similar in the way that they are set up?
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They had to talk about the problem more directly.
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What happens at a political party’s national convention? (List 2)
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They talk to there voters, and take to get as many votes as they can.
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How do you decide which political party to support? (List 3)
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Family, friends, and co workers
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How have political parties maintained their strength throughout history?
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By showing it for a thied party.
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Why has voter loyalty to political parties declined?
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Becasuse of the current issues.
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What is the first step to run for office?
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You need to have worked in the party.
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What is a nominating petition?
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When a political party selects and name a candidate to run for public office.
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How are most candidates for state and federal offices chosen?
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self-nomination
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What are the two types of direct primary?
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open and closed
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What are the qualifications to run for President?
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anyone 35 years old and born in the United
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How much can an individual contribute to a candidate per election?
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$2000.00 each candidate per election
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How much money does a candidate have to raise in each of 20 states to receive federal funds?
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$5000.00
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What occurs at a party’s national convention? (List 5)
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delegates debate and discuss the candidates, listen to speeches, vote on the nominations, and hammer out the party platform,then approve the party platform.
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