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-- Fun, Facts, and Trivia 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. This month our "Fun, Facts, and Trivia" includes a multiple-choice quiz on political parties: Democrat-Republican or Federalist. Teachers, now you can have your students check for themselves to see how much they know about political parties. You will find the "Which Political Party?" multiple-choice quiz at: http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark/TrivWash2.htm. Which Political Party... 1. Supported a strong central government 2. Felt that there should be a law punishing
people who criticized the government and government officials 3. Supported a narrow interpetation of the Constitution 4. Felt that the government should support manufacturers 5. Supported the Fench revolutionaries 6. Opposed the tax on whiskey 7. Supported the creation of a National Bank 8. Felt that the nation should be based on an
agrarian economy 9. Supported the ability of states to "nullify"
laws with which they disagreed 10. Opposed an increase in the number of years
that it took for a foreigner to become a citizen 11. Opposed the idea of the national government
paying back state debts 12. Supported Jay's Treaty 13. Were more sympathetic to the British in
the war betwen England and France 14. Had more support from immigrants 15. Encouraged western expansion 16. Opposed a tariff on imported goods 17. Argued for a broad interpretation of the
Constitution 18. Supported states' rights 19. Wanted national regulation of foreign trade
and trade between the states 20. Supported the national government putting
down the Whiskey Rebellion Teachers, if your students can answer these trivia questions correctly, offer them bonus points to use on a test. Try your luck in guessing the answers! True or False Q: Ross Perot received around 20 percent
of the vote in 1992, but he didn't have any real impact on American politics
because he could not win electoral votes. Fill-in-the-Blank 1 - Parties try to attract voter support by
announcing their issue preferences as a series of planks in a comprehensive
party _______. Link to answer and definition: http://www.congresslink.org/glossary.html#P 2 - It is common to say that candidates have
received a clear _______ from the voters in favor of their political platform
when they win by an impressive margin. Link to answer and definition:
http://www.congresslink.org/glossary.html#M 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 |
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