A parochial participant is someone who rarely votes or engages in national or even state level politics. Instead, these individuals believe that the best way to effect change is to become active in their local community and seek to make a difference through town or district politics. It is someone who is active in the local community, but ignores large-scale politics.

During the 1960s, there was a massive countercultural movement going on in the United States of America. In the latter part of the decade, this movement became particularly involved in protesting the Vietnam War. Richard Nixon used the phrase “silent majority” in a speech in 1969; the term refers to the non-vocal majority of the American population who he believed favored a continuation of American politics and who were underrepresented in the national media at the time.

In United States history four Presidents have been assassinated—John F. Kennedy, James Garfield, Abraham Lincoln, and William McKinley. William Henry Harrison succumbed to illness during the first weeks of his Presidency.

Political efficacy is the correct answer. This is the belief that the individual can influence the actions of the government. Social capital involves the development of a social network. Democratic consensus is the belief that through democracy, citizens will come to an agreement. Political prowess refers to skill in the political realm. Laissez-faire is a term that involves a hands-off approach by the government.

To be qualified for membership in the senate, one must be at least 30 years of age. A senator must also be a United States citizen for at least 9 years and must live in the state that they represent. The Vice President is president over the Senate and also serves as a tie breaker when necessary. Unlike the House of Representatives, which is population dependent, there are 2 Senators representing every state.

The States’ Rights Party, also popularly called the Dixiecrats, was led by Strom Thurmond, who ran for President on the platform of States’ Rights and the continuation of segregationist policies in the election of 1948. The Dixiecrats carried four states—South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi.

All of these politicians are matched with political actions that are consistent with their political parties and the political beliefs that they held, apart from Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was an ardent Democratic-Republican. As such, he purported to favor a weak central government, stronger power for the States, and many protections against the possible tyranny of the Executive Branch; however, as President, he unilaterally acted to purchase the Louisiana territory, greatly expanding both the territory of the United States and the powers of the President. Few Americans would suggest he acted wrongly, but he certainly acted contrary to his own public conscience.

Of these political figures, only Henry Clay is incorrectly matched with his political party. Henry Clay was the leader of the Whig party during the Second Party System in the United States; as such, he was a rival of the Jacksonian Democrats.

The Progressive Party, led by Theodore Roosevelt in the election of 1912, is the third party which has had most success in American political history. Roosevelt carried eight states in the electoral college; however, Roosevelt’s success ended up splitting the Republican support base, ensuring that Wilson, a Democrat, was elected with only forty-two percent of the popular vote.

From the early 1830s through 1856, American politics had been dominated by the Democrats and the Whigs, but in the election of 1856 the Whig Party fell apart, as many of the politicians and its support base migrated and formed the Republican Party.