(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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A person who is formally entered as a candidate for an office
Nominee
A system in which two major parties win all or most elections.
Two-Party System
In the past 40 years, party polarization hasn't been a problem in American politics.
False
One of the reasons for a strong two-party system.
Winner takes all
A change in political party allegiance
Sorting
Works to gain control of government by winning elections
Political Party
Political parties are not listed in the U.S Constitution
True
Can happen when Congress cannot agree on the nation's budget
Government Shut down
When elected officials from both political parties work together to pass legislation
Bipartisanship
The level of party organization most responsible for helping the party's nominee win the presidency
National
Level
A shifting of party alliance within the electorate.
Party realignment
warned the nation about political parties becoming divisive during his farewell address
George Washington
Had a fear of a large national government
Anti-Federalist
The federal, state, and local levels of government demands ____________, in order for it to function correctly.
Interaction between people and government
When the major political parties grow apart ideologically it is called
Party Polarization
When one or more houses of the legislature are controlled by the party in opposition to the executive branch
Divided Government
An individual who falls in the middle of the ideological spectrum.
A Moderate
Supported a new Constitution
Federalist
James Madison called them "factions" in Federalist Paper #10
Interest groups
Supporters of the party platforms were rewarded with government jobs
Spoils system
Which 2 political parties emerged during the Constitutional Convention?
Federalist and Anti-federalists
The manipulation of voting districts to favor a political party or candidate is called
Gerrymandering
Not one of the major parties
Third Party
Positions on major issues in hopes of gaining support during an election
Party Platform