CHAPTER 9: POLITICIAL PARTIES WILSON GUIDED READING QUESTIONS ... - Weebly

[Pages:1]CHAPTER 9: POLITICIAL PARTIES WILSON GUIDED READING QUESTIONS

To test your ability to integrate and express the ideas that you have been studying in this chapter, practice writing extended answers to the following questions. You are to hand write your responses on separate sheets of paper. These will be collected for homework grades

1. Identify the three political arenas in which political parties exist. 2. Describe how American political culture affects the power of political parties. How do Americans differ in their attitudes about parties from Europeans? 3. Explain why some of the Founding Fathers were so negative about political parties. 4. Describe political parties in the second party (or Jacksonian) system. 5. Identify some of the reforms and causes espoused by the Progressives and assess their impact on political parties. 6. Explain the two types of political realignment and identify the three clearest examples of such alignments in American history. 7. What are the two major explanations scholars employ when they attempt to explain the presence of the two-party system in America?

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