Describe the various kinds of minor parties and what their focus has been. Provide examples
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Define protest parties as those that sometimes arise as part of a social movement; an example is the Green Party, which was an offshoot of the environmental and antiglobalization movements.
2, Explain that ideological parties are organized around coherent sets of ideas; examples are the Libertarian Party and the Green Party.
3, Discuss how single-issue parties are very similar to advocacy groups except that they run candidates for office; an example is Ross Perot's Reform Party in 1996.
4, Identify splinter parties as those that form when a faction in one of the two major parties decides to run its own candidates; an example is the Bull Moose Progressive Party of Teddy Roosevelt that formed after Roosevelt split from the Republican Party in 1912.
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In Texas, what does the Republican Party advocate?
a. The power of decision making should lie solely in the hands of the government. b. The federal government should be expanded. c. Decision making power should be shifted from the local to the state government. d. Decision making should be closest to the people.
From which Mexican leader did the United States "acquire" roughly one third of Mexico's territory, a region which includes modern-day Arizona, California, and New Mexico?
a. Diaz b. Santa Anna c. Cárdenas d. Valenzuela e. Salinas
One reason the administration of Governor E.J. Davis was controversial was because he opposed universal public education
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Following the 1968 election, Democrats put into place a system of __________, in which voters picked delegates who pledged their support for a particular presidential candidate
a. responsible party models b. states nominating conventions c. state primaries– d. binding primaries