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what is the republican political parties emblem
it is an elephant
what is a political party?
it is a group of people that seek control of the government through the winning elections and the holding of political office.
what is the purpose of a political party?
It is to nominate people to public office, generate money for party agenda and to aid in elections.
what is the democrat’s emblem?
The emblem is a donkey..
how did the political parties begin?
It began because of the ratification on the constitution.
who was a ratification federalist?
Alexander Hamilton
Those opposed feds are called a what?
a common-man
What is a multi-party system?
Is a system in which several major and many lesser parties exist, this is the most common system in the world.
what is a one-party system?
a single political party forms the government and no other parties are permitted to run candidates for election.
what is a party membership?
voluntary, any religion and any age.
what happened in 1796?
The first fight feds against the anti-feds, after this the feds never won anything again.`
How was Goerge different from all the other presidents?
When he ran for president, he wasn’t in a political party.
In 1860 the first shift was coming and what was it because of?
It was because of the slavery.
There was a second shift coming after that one, what was the reason of it?
The reason it started is because of the great depression.
What caused the third shift after the great depression shift ( in 1968)?
political hippies, civil rights movement and the Vietnam war. Republicans lost control because of this shift.
what is the ideilogical party?
This [arty is based on particular set of beliefs. EX-communist and the libertarian party.
What did the liberatarians like?
They liked weed.
What is a single issue party?
This is a party with one concern of public matters, an example is marijuana party’s and the right to life party.
What did the Free soil party beleive in?
They beleived in the expansion of slavery
what did the know-nothing party beleive in?
They didnt like immigration.
What did the right to life party not like?
They did not like abortion.
What is a split partyl, with example?
A split party is when a person from a major party leaves and makes their own party/group. Examples- the tea party in 2010 and the bull moose party of teddy roosevelt.
what is the graph thing called
It is called a political spectrum, and when you go right on it you are republican and when you go left on it you are democrat. The further you are on one side the more you are of that party.
