Chapter 7 Flashcards

True or False, Groups that stay within the political mainstream tend to be more infuential

Most PACs are registered with the Federal Election Commission

PACs are especially significant at the national level for presidential campaigns

The Influence of agricultural organization has been on the rise since the Reagan administration

Less than two percent of the African American population belongs to the NAACP

The influence of the Christian Right declined dramatically in the late 1980s

When parties recruit and train political leaders, they are performing one of their electoral functions

Political parties are formally sanctified in Article II, Section 4 of the constitution

The Democratic Party was the first truly national party

A system of proportional representation encourages the development of a two party system

Third parties have had very little influence on the American political system

The relationship between the national, state, and local level party organizations follows a strict hierarchical pattern

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s party discipline and coordinations seemed to deteriorate

The increase in the number of single-issue interest groups has contributed to the resurgence of political parties based on new coalitions

The political parties have shown a keen ability to eventually adapt to changing circumstances

What theory sees power as dispersed among many different centers of power?

The more politically influential groups of in America tend to be ___________.

What is the major means by which interest groups try to create public support or sympathy for their political goals?

The Federal Election Act of 1974 set the limit on individual contributions to candidates at ______

Which of the following is true about lobbyists?

What does the iron triangle of American politics consist of?

Regarding the judicial process, interest groups

Which is true of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organization?

Which of the following statements about the National Organization for Women is false?

Which of the following is true of most African Americans?

In recent years, what has been the most important political issue concerning religious groups?

What does the term Americans for Democratic Action stand for?

Which of the following is an example of a single-issue group?

Which factor helps contribute to stability in the American system of interest group politics?

When a pluralistic system becomes paralyzed when too many interest groups refuse to compromise this is known as

What is the main difference between groups and parties?

All except which of the following are socialization functions of political parties?

All except which of the following are electoral functions of political parties?

Each party system evolved from predecessor in a relatively short period of political turmoil and change called

Which was the first truly political party?

What was the underlying cause for the shift from the Fourth American Party System to the Fifth?

Since 1968, where has the most dramatic shift in voting patterns been?

A multiparty system is most likely to occur when the electoral system is based on _________.

Which of the following is true of third parties in the American political system?

All EXCEPT which of the following activities occur in the party's national convention?

Which of the following statements about the party in the electorate is FALSE?

Which of the following is part of the evidence that politics and parties were in decline by the 1970s and 1980s?

Which of the following is considered a cause of party decline?

Which of the following is not a consequence of party decline?

Which of the following facts is evidence that the party in government is in resurgence?

Federalism no 10

Federal election act of 1974

Iron triangle

class action suits

melting pot

Abortion

cross cutting cleavage

gridlock

socialization

realignment

Whig

plurality

platform

coalition

republicanism

James Madison wrote in ___________ about the dangers of fractions

PACs blossomed into prominence as a result of the

Interest groups legislators, and administrators are sometimes called the _____________ of American politics

America has been known as the ____________ society because it consists of people of people of all races and nationalities

No issue in recent years has drawn religious groups more into political fray than

The tendency for different coalition of interest groups refusing to compromise develops, the situation is called an interest group

When overabundance of interest groups refusing to compromised develops, the situation is called an interest group

One of the _________ functions of parties to educate citizens and mobalize

A change in party systems occurs after a short period of political turmoil and exchange called ___________

In the 2nd American Party System, the spiritual descendant of the Federalist Party was the ______________ party

One of the major reasons why the United states has a two-[arty system is because of system of __________ elections

A statement of political party's proposed program is called its

All of the groups of people who together make up the main supporters of a particular party are called the party's __________

The increase in party identification since 1978 has primarily benefited the ________________ party.