Chapter 10

Question 1

This president started the tradition of the inauguration and was also the first president inaugurated in Washington D.C.

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson

Question 2

The first state to hold a direct primary

Answer 2

Wisconsin

Question 3

The way candidates are chosen in states that do not hold primary election

Answer 3

Caucuses

Question 4

Type of primary that requires participants be registered members of one party and vote only for the candidates from that party

Answer 4

Closed primary

Question 5

Used by the media to predict the come of elections

Answer 5

Exit polls

Question 6

Convention requiring lengthy balloting an eventual settlement by means of bargaining and compromise

Answer 6

Brokered convention

Question 7

Two states that hold the first primary respectively in an election year

Answer 7

New Hampshire and Iowa

Question 8

A party’s formal statement of its position and current issues

Answer 8

Platform

Question 9

The only president to take the oath of office in an airplane

Answer 9

Lyndon Johnson

Question 10

The amendment that moved the presidential inauguration from March 4th, to January 20th

Answer 10

20th amendment

Question 11

Party leaders and officeholders who serve as uncommitted delegates to the party’s national convention

Answer 11

Super delegates

Question 12

Voting for a weak candidate in an opposing party’s primary to cause greater difficulty in the major opponents nomination

Answer 12

Crossover voting

Question 13

Opening the nomination process to more candidates & make national delegate selection more democratic are two basic purpose for these

Answer 13

Presidential primary

Question 14

Although a great statesman, he was catapulted to the White House by successful military career

Answer 14

Abraham Lincoln

Question 15

Method proposed to give the people a stronger voice in choosing the parties candidates to run for the presidency

Answer 15

Direct primaries

Question 16

Chooses the Vice President candidates, presently

Answer 16

Presidential nominee

Question 17

The event is a highlight of the first day of a party’s national convention

Answer 17

Keynote address

Question 18

Established by the founding father to give small states an equal voice in who is selected president

Answer 18

Electoral college

Question 19

What are the two basic purposes of the presidential primary

Answer 19

to open up the nomination process to more candidates and to make national delegate selection more democratic

Question 20

What term means voting for a weak candidate in an opposing party’s primary to cause greater difficulty in the major opponents nomination?

Answer 20

Crossover voting

Question 21

What term means party leaders and officeholders who serve as uncommitted delegates to the party‘s national convention?

Answer 21

Super delegates

Question 22

When does the presidential election take place?

Answer 22

On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

Question 23

What method was proposed to give the people a stronger voice in choosing the parties candidates to run for the presidency?

Answer 23

Direct primaries

Question 24

What event is the highlight of the first day of a party’s national convention?

Answer 24

The keynote address

Question 25

Who chooses the vice presidential candidate today?

Answer 25

The presidential nominee

Question 26

What is the minimum number of electoral votes needed for a candidate to win the presidency?

Answer 26

270

Question 27

What was established by the founding fathers to give the small states equal voice and who is elected president?

Answer 27

Electoral college

Question 28

How is the president chosen if no candidate wins a majority of the electoral votes cast?

Answer 28

The house of representatives votes with each state having one vote

Question 29

What do the media used to predict the outcome of elections?

Answer 29

Exit polls

Question 30

What are the two main paths to the presidency?

Answer 30

A successful military career or success in lower level politics

Question 31

What term means a convention requiring lengthy balloting and eventual settlement by means of bargaining and compromise?

Answer 31

Brokered convention

Question 32

Essay: discuss the considerations in choosing a vice presidental candidate

Answer 32

The presidential nominee Generally chooses his running mate with two major considerations geography and ideology. A nominee seeks a running mate who will balance the ticket or draw a different sector of the population to vote for the candidate because of where the running mate is from or what the running mate represents ideologically.

Question 33

Essay: outline steps to the presidency

Answer 33

1. Announce a desire to run
2. Campaign in the states that have primaries and caucuses
3. Win caucuses In primary elections to gain delegates
4. Seek the nomination at the national convention
5. Campaign for the general election and all of the states (multiple times in the key states)
6. When 270 or more votes in the electoral college
7. Be inaugurated president on January 20