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Match each definition with the correct vocabulary term below. a. | Our nation’s first political party, it was created
by Alexander Hamilton from a coalition of those who supported a strong central government, including
New England merchants and manufacturers | b. | A temporary
alliance between groups with differing interests or points of view (often, in order to win an
election or control government) | c. | A system of
election by which the voters of a city, state, or a country -- as a whole -- elect government
officials | d. | The practice of awarding government jobs to political
supporters and friends | e. | A statement of the
goals and principles of a political party | f. | Andrew
Jackson's political opponents in the 1820s and 1830s -- who referred to him as "King
Andrew" -- created a major political party that took this name, from the English party that
opposed the king's power | g. | The allocation of
legislative seats to each political party in proportion to the votes it
receives | h. | A person who does not identify with any particular
political party, nor feel any loyalty to a party | i. | After the Civil War, when many states in the southern U.S. became virtually
one-party states, voting overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates, it became known as
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proportional representation
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Whigs
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Solid South
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Federalists
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coalition
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patronage
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platform
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independent
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at large
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Match each definition with the correct vocabulary term below. a. | A political party's leadership, fund-raising, and
promotional organization | b. | A political party
often that is out of power (not in control of the presidency, or in the minority in Congress, for
example) but is loyal to the nation while opposing the policies of the party in
power | c. | Political party that is more concerned with gaining
votes than with maintaining rigid ideologies, willing to alter policies in order to gain
votes | d. | One of our nation’s two major political parties,
began in 1854 as a coalition of anti-slavery groups and moneyed merchants and manufacturers from the
northern states, as well as western farmers | e. | A political system
in which two major groups with differing political philosophies compete for control of the
government | f. | A group of
like-minded citizens organized to win elections, control government, and set public
policy | g. | Our nation’s second political party, founded in
the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson in opposition to Alexander Hamilton's plans, it was made up of a
coalition of small farmers, Western pioneers, and Southern plantation
owners | h. | The practice of hiring and promoting employer on the
basis of objective, competitive testing | i. | A person or
political party with a position in the center of the ideological spectrum | j. | The meeting of a political party's delegates in a presidential year to
write a platform and nominate candidates |
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two-party system
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merit employment
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centrist
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loyal opposition
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broker party
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Democratic-Republicans
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national committee
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nominating convention
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political party
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Republican Party
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Match each definition with the correct vocabulary term below. a. | A vote cast on one ballot for candidates of two or more
different political parties | b. | Political parties
that are highly ideological, firmly devoted to a specific system of political ideas and attitudes,
seeking converts and followers more than votes | c. | One of our
nation’s two major political parties, originally called Democratic - Republicans, a coalition
of slave owners, farmers, and those in society who owned money that held together until the Civil
War | d. | A political system with many rival parties competing for
control of the government | e. | A vote cast on one
ballot for all the candidates of the same political party | f. | The political party that is out of office -- that does not control the
executive or legislative branches, for example | g. | A district in
which only the candidate with the largest number of votes wins election to public
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single-member district
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Democrats
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straight party ticket
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split ticket vote
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opposition party
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missionary party
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multi-party system
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