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When was the House of Representatives current size of 435 members established?
Article I, Section II, Clause III of the U.S. Constitution
The Reapportionment Act of 1929
Apportionment Act of 1911
The 1925 Consensus
Article I, Section II, Clause III of the U.S. Constitution?
What is the name of the era in which the more Americans began to identify themselves as independents rather than Democrats or Republicans?
The New Deal Era
The Jacksonian Era
The Republican Party Era
The Era of Divided Government
The Era of Divided Government
What type of organizations have representation in Washington D.C. lobbying towards causes that benefit their organizations?
Political Action Committees
Institutional Interest Groups
Membership Interest Groups
Political Machines
Membership Interest Groups?
How do third party candidates qualify for federal funding?
The party received at least 10% of the votes in the previous election
The party received at least 5% of the votes in the previous election
The candidate was on the ballot in the previous election
The party was not on the ballot during the previous election
The party received at least 5% of the votes in the previous election
Which limitation did the Federal Election Campaign Act not implement?
$5000 limitation on PAC donations to individual candidates
$1000 limitation on individual donations to candidates
$1000 limitation on individual donations to PACs
$5000 limitation on personal contributions to PACs
$1000 limitation on individual donations to PACs?
What is it called when a candidate is defined by the area that they are coming from?
Bandwagon
Statism
Locationalism
Regionalism
Regionalism
What are districts called where the incumbent wins the election with more than 55 percent of the votes?
Single-Member Districts
Incumbent Districts
Marginal Districts
Safe Districts
Safe Districts
What benefit do incumbent candidates have that allows them to send mail to their constituents without paying postage?
Franking Privileges
Pork-barrel Legislation
Postal Privileges
Federal Funding
Franking Privileges
Which is not one of the three major steps leading to the election of a President?
Primaries and Caucuses
National Conventions
General Election
Campaigning
Campaigning
Which type of primary only allows registered party members to cast votes?
Blanket primary
Open primary
Closed primary
Closed Primary
What two parties formed the first political party system in the United States?
The Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party
The Federalist Party and the Whig Party
The Whig Party and the Democratic Party
The Anti-Federalist Party and the Republican Party
The Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party
Which amendment made it so that senators are elected directly by the people?
21st Amendment
16th Amendment
22nd Amendment
17th Amendment
17th Amendment
What Amendment changed the rules for electors, making it so they would cast one vote for the presidency and one vote for the vice presidency?
12th Amendment
18th Amendment
11th Amendment
17th Amendment
12th Amendment
What is the name of the third party whose political agenda included reform to the coinage of money as well as taxation?
The Green Party
The American Independent Party
The Populist Party
The Bull-Moose Progressives
The Populist Party
Which political party was supported by agrarian interests and believed that the economy should be based on agriculture?
The Anti-Federalist Party
The Democratic-Republican Party
The Federalist Party
The Whig Party
The Democratic-Republican Party
What happens when no candidate receives the minimum number of electoral votes in a presidential election?
The House of Representatives elects the president
The candidate with the most popular votes wins the election
The current president remains in office
The Senate elects the president
The House of Representatives elects the president
Which is not a method used by politicians to raise money to fund their campaigns?
Interest Groups and PACs
State-funded contributions
Direct mail solicitations
Special Events
State-funded contributions
What is an organization looking to influence public policy known as?
Cooperation
Institution
Faction
Interest group
Interest group
Political party members with political views that differ from the mainstream party views are known as:
Party loyalists
Plank members
Rank and File members
Fringe members
Fringe members
What happens when the president does not sign a bill that is passed by Congress early in the legislative session?
The bill goes back to Congress for revision
The bill dies
It is vetoed
It becomes a law without the president’s signature
It becomes a law without the president’s signature
Where is a bill sent when it is passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, but still contains some differences?
The Rules Committee
A Joint Committee
A Conference Committee
A Sub-Committee
A Conference Committee
Following the election of Richard Nixon in 1968, what political party era did the United States enter?
The New Deal Era
Era of Divided Government
The Progressive Era
The Republican Party Era
Era of Divided Government
What term is used to refer to the likelihood that people will vote and participate in elections?
Voter Intensity
Voting Behavior
Voter Demographics
Political Efficacy
Voter Intensity
What organization used patronage and often failed to follow the will of the people?
Social Services
Caucuses
Political Machines
Interest Groups
Political Machines
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