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This quiz, titled 'Chapter 9 Rippee 1st', assesses knowledge of U.S. political processes, focusing on Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, delegate selection, and the impact of reforms post-1968. It is designed for...

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 183 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question 1
The Democratic and Republican candidates for president are formally nominated by the

Presidential caucuses

Presidential primaries

Electoral College

National party conventions

National committees

Sample Question 2
Caucuses are usually organized like

Bi-legislatures

Bi-legislatures

Winner-take-all election systems

Pyramids

The Electoral College

Sample Question 3
Following the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, the party chose to

Limit attendance at future conventions to the elected officers of the party's organizations nationwide

Limit attendance at future conventions to the party's nationwide elected government officeholders

Tighten up its convention delegate selection to keep it from being overrun by women, minorities, youth, and single-issue groups

Allow party officers and Democratic officeholders, many of whom had not been seated at recent conventions, to serve as "superdelegates.”

Open up its process of choosing delegates to the national convention in order to respond to demands for greater inclusion from women, minorities, youth, and other groups

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