"In politics, a political party acts as a 'bonding agent' to ensure the good performance of it's candidates and elected officeholders."
USE THE QUOTATION TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
1. How do parties typically ensure the good performance of their candidates?
A. They dictate how their candidate governs once her she is in office.
B. They make sure their candidates are of good character and are qualified for public office.
C. They petition to have a representative removed from the office if he or she does not follow the party line.
D. They revoke a representative's campaign contributions if he or she supports issues the party does not.
"...in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a divided house to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States. I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness - a candidacy for President of the United States, I recognize there is a certain presumtuousness - a certain audacity - to this announcement. I know I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of washington. But i've been there long enough to know that the ways of Washignton must change. - Barack Obama, February 10, 2007."
USE THE QUOTATION TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
2. Read this quotation from remarks given by then-Senator Barack Obama in Springfield, Illinois. What was the purpose of this speech?
A. To launch his campaign via self-announcement.
B. To accept a nomination at his party's national convention.
C. To begin the nomination process by entering the race.
D. To call for his party's nomination at a state caucus.
3. What official becomes president if the president and vice president died at the same time?
A. Chief Justice.
B. President pro tempore of the Senate.
C. Secretary of State.
D. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
"Two years ago, the Supreme Court handed down one of the worst, and most radically activists decisions in the Court's history, Citizens United. Overturning more than a century of settles law, and with an unprecedented naiveté of the political process, the Court charted a course for legalized bribery. Sadly, both Democrats and Republicans are no following the dangerous road of unlimited money in politics. There is no question whether scandal will arise from this decision; the only question is when. On this anniversary, we call on both parties to work together to remedy the obvious damage to our political system caused by the Citizens United decision. - Sen. John McCain and former Sen. Russ Feingold, January 20, 2012.
USE THE QUOTATION TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
4. Which statement expresses the point Senators McCain and Feingold are making in this quotation?
A. Allowing unrestricted corporate money into federal elections means that candidates who recieve that money are likely to be beholden to those corporate interests once in office.
B. Forcing candidates to report their campaign contributions files in the face of 100 years of American history and is a fundamental violation of an individuals privacy.
C. Disallowing corporations from spending money on behalf of individual candidates is tantamount to restricting the free speech of those running and working for those corporations.
D. Permitting organizations to raise large sums of money is the best way for the two major parties' national committees to offset the high cost of campaigns.
5. What kind of primary does the following scenario describe?
A candidate competes in a state's presidential primary and wins 26 percent of the popular vote. Twenty- six percent of the state's delegates are officially pledged to vote for that candidate at the national party convention.
A. Primary with winner-take all rules.
B. Primary with proportional representation rules.
C. Preference primary.
D. Open primary.
MY ANSWERS:
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. B
1. B -- that's probably the answer the teacher wants. However, I disagree with it.
2. C - yes
3. D - yes
4. D - no
5. B - yes
Lesson 4: Choosing a leader-The electoral college Unit 4:
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. D
10. C
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Becky's answers are the correct answers for CCA American Government Unit 4 Lesson 4 Quiz.
1. How do parties typically ensure the good performance of their candidates?
Using the quotation, we can determine that parties typically ensure the good performance of their candidates by making sure their candidates are of good character and are qualified for public office. Therefore, the correct answer is B.
2. Read this quotation from remarks given by then-Senator Barack Obama in Springfield, Illinois. What was the purpose of this speech?
By analyzing the quotation, we can conclude that the purpose of this speech was to launch his campaign via self-announcement. Therefore, the correct answer is A.
3. What official becomes president if the president and vice president died at the same time?
The correct answer can be determined by understanding the U.S. presidential line of succession. According to the Presidential Succession Act, the Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes president if the president and vice president die at the same time. Therefore, the correct answer is D.
4. Which statement expresses the point Senators McCain and Feingold are making in this quotation?
By examining the quotation, we can infer that the point Senators McCain and Feingold are making is that allowing unrestricted corporate money into federal elections means that candidates who receive that money are likely to be beholden to those corporate interests once in office. Therefore, the correct answer is A.
5. What kind of primary does the following scenario describe?
Analyzing the scenario, we can determine that this scenario describes a primary with proportional representation rules. In this type of primary, the number of delegates awarded to each candidate is proportional to the percentage of the popular vote they receive. Therefore, the correct answer is B.