Paul Jones Mrs. Quinn G.A.L.R.E. December 6, 2010 Unit 3 Lesson 16 Reviewing and Using the Lesson 1. What ideas and issues led to the development of political parties in the United States? The First Party System of The United States featured the Federalist Party and the DemocraticRepublican Party. The Federalist Party grew from Washington's Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, who favored a strong united central government. The DemocraticRepublican Party was founded by James Madison and by Washington's Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who strongly opposed Hamilton's agenda. 2. How did the election of 1800 contribute to the formation of political parties? Was it a revolution as some asserted? The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System. The transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans in a peaceful manner was the most significant and surprising change in the election. 3. Asses the validity of the following claim: Political parties legitimize government policies by connecting citizens to government.

4. Are today's political parties factions, collections of factions, or something else? Explain. More like "coalitions." For example, women, blacks, and union members do not always share the same goals, but typically, they all vote Democratic. Similarly, people who are anti-abortion do not necessarily agree on everything with gun rights activists or corporate CEOs, but they're all very likely to vote Republican. 5. In what ways does America's two-party system promote or thwart Constitutional principles? Why do voters accept as the ultimate in political freedom a binary option they would surely protest as consumers?