Political Parties

A _________ _____ is a group of people organized to support certain beliefs about national policy.

Members of political parties work together to reach their goals and help candidates from their party win _________.

• contests

• elections

• games

• lotteries

There are two major political parties in the United States the _________ Party and the __________ Party.

• Democratic

• Green

• Libertarian

• Republican

There were other major political parties before 1860 such as the _____ and the ___________.

• Antifederalists

• Federalists

• Tories

• Whigs

There is _______ in the Constitution that requires the United States to have two political parties.

• an amendment

• legislation

• nothing

• provision

Minor parties, sometimes called "_____ parties," have often played an important role in U.S. politics.

Sometimes, a third party gains its goals by __________ a major party.

• challenging

• opposing

• supporting

• undermining

In most states, a person can join a political party when registering to ____.

• attend school

• drive

• enlist in the military

• vote

A person who does not belong to a political party is sometimes called an ___________.

• communist

• independent

• outsider

• socialist

__________ is the only president in U.S. history who refused to get involved in party politics.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Barack Obama

• George Washington