Week 7: Political Parties and Office Qualifications

1. Appointment is to President as ____________ is to governor.

A. election

B. jury

C. Electoral College

D. city council

2. Which of the following words is not related to the others?

A. senator

B. campaign

C. due process

D. political party

3. Which vocabulary word is a synonym of electorate?

A. voters

B. elector

C. college

D. candidate

4. Which vocabulary word is a synonym of polling place?

A. courtroom

B. nomination

C. political party

D. voting booth

5. When Robert, a registered voter, went to his local government office to vote in the election he was given a ___________ to mark his decisions.

A. ballot

B. elector

C. candidate

D. campaign

​IN YOUR NOTEBOOK on a new page or back side of your notes, answer the reflections questions after you and your partner have sorted the Characteristics of Free and Fair Elections

​Complete the "Answer" section on pages 53-54 in your G4CE.

Origins of the Republican
and Democratic Political

Parties

Political Party:

an organization that tries to get political
power by electing members to public office
so that their political ideas can become
laws or policies

Political Parties Background

● The Founders were concerned that factions/ parties might

divide and harm our constitutional republic. Because of this,
they are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S. Constitution.

● Factions or parties were almost immediately formed from

disagreements in Washington's cabinet. The two first parties
were called the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans.

● From 1816-1824, the United States only had one main party

(Democratic-Republicans) because of the lack of division. This
time is known as "The Era of Good Feelings."

Why did the Democratic Party form?

● Leading up to 1828, the "Era of Good Feelings" was

ending as various issues began dividing Americans
into factions again.

● The loss in the 1824 presidential election showed like-

minded citizens that they needed to stop splitting their
votes and unite behind one individual.

Democratic Party

Established 1828

Influential

People

Martin Van Buren

Andrew Jackson

Who did they

represent?:

At its inception, the
Democratic party
was the party of the

"common man"

Why did the Republican Party form?

● A conservative political party known as the Whig

Party (1833-1856) began to divide over the issue of
slavery.

● Those who did not want slavery to expand into new

U.S. territories broke away from others and formed
the Republican Party.

Republican Party

Established 1854

Influential

People

John C. Fremont

Abraham Lincoln

Who did they

represent?:

Mainly

northern states

Party Symbols

The originator of the
political cartoon, Thomas
Nast choose cartoon
animals to represent the
political parties that are
still used to this day.

How have the parties
changed over the years?

While the Democratic and
Republican parties have stayed the
two main political parties in this
country since the 1850s, who they
represent, their platforms...etc.
have continued to change, evolve,
even completely swap at times
throughout the remainder of U.S.
history!
The Old Switcheroo

​Go to Page 57 in your G4CE, and complete the Ignite! Activity.

Ignite! Activity

​Complete your assigned office in your G4CE on pages 58-59.

Then fill in the other groups responses.

​Using answers to the questions on the political parties from pages 58-61 of your G4CE,

complete your 2.6 Voting and Elections notes with these two sections.

​FIRST Use page 58 of your G4CE,

COPY the FOCUS notes format onto page 15 in your notebook.

SET UP in your table of contents the following:

"2.7- Qualifications for Office" .... page 15"

NOW fill in the notes on qualifications, based on your answers from 58-61 of your G4CE.

USE your notes and fill in the UNIT 2: ELECTIONS & VOTING Concept map on page 63 of your G4CE.

​Go to Quizizz and start the Quizizz Unit 2 Review Homework due on 10/3