Answers -- Fun, Facts, and Trivia
April 2004 Issue

The Dirksen Center wants to help teachers teach better by giving them the opportunity to use technology to create, customize, and share online learning activities in their classrooms. The Center wants to help students learn more by bringing educational resources together in one place that provide new ways to learn about Congress interactively.

** PUZZLED BY POLITICAL PARTIES?**

*NEW* The American Democracy: Political Parties, Candidates, and Campaigns multiple-choice quiz will challenge students' knowledge about America's two-party system and its role in American politics. Students will be questioned about the historical development of political parties in the United States which examine the role of minor parties and the reasons for the emergence and persistence of the two-party system. Find this quiz at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/Elections_politicalparties/2_politicalparties.htm.

1. By 1856, the Democratic party was made up mostly of ___________.

A) Anti-Nebraska Whigs
B) Northerners
C) Know-Nothings
D) Southerners

2. The __________ _____ was formed by people from different groups who wanted to stop the spread of slavery in the western territories.

A) American party
B) Whigs
C) Republican party
D) Know-Nothings

3. The outspoken leader of the anti-war Peace Democrats in the North during the Civil War was…

A) Charles Sumner
B) Samuel Chase
C) Thaddeus Stevens
D) Clement Vallandigham

Answers to the March issue of Fun, Facts, and Trivia link here: http://www.webcommunicator.org/funfactstrivia0304ans.htm

Do you have or know of an online activity you would like The Dirksen Congressional Center to feature on its new Web site for students -- Congress for Kids? The Center is currently seeking online activities that provide new ways to learn about Congress and the workings of the federal government interactively.

If you have questions or suggestions for online activities, contact Cindy Koeppel.