You don’t have to complete everything, just try to answer as many as you can, thank you.
1. The first political parties were formed during the administration of President ____________.
2. The ______________ were formed by the supporters of Treasury Secretary _____________.
3. The National Republicans or Jeffersonians around the supporters of Secretary of State Thomas_________________.
4. The federalists supported manufacturing and trade and the _______________ supported agriculture.
5. President ___________ disliked political parties. He thought they would lead to factions and civil war and warned against them in his Farewell Address.
6. After 1820, the Federalist Party collapsed and there were no political parties for 8 years. This was called _______________________________.
7. In 1828, the ___________________________ Party was formed by Martin van Buren.
8. Their presidential candidate was General Andrew ____________.
9. The _________ Party was formed by those in opposition to Jackson.
The Whig Party collapsed around 1852 over slavery.
10. In 1856, a new party, the ___________________, opposed the Democrats.
11. The first Republican president was Abraham __________________.
12. Political parties other than the top two are known as ______________________.
13. Political parties are formed by people who share a common _________________ or set of beliefs about how the country should be governed.
14. Political parties nominate ___________________ to run for office and support them.
15. Each party has ____________________elections so that the people can vote for candidates.
16. After the primaries, the parties meet in a _________________ to select their candidates.
17. Parties produce a political ________________ of things they promise to do if elected.
18. Individual parts of a political platform are known as ______________.
19. Third parties in the US have included ________________________________________.
20. No Third Party has ever elected a ________________________.