Republican Party (United States) Quiz - 62 Trivia Questions!

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Learn about the Republican Party in the United States, one of the country's two major political parties, and its history, ideology, and prominent figures.

Which U.S. Representative was a fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against African-Americans?

James B. Hay
George Washington
John Conyers
Thaddeus Stevens

How many seats are held by the Republican Party in the US Senate?

Only one
More than half of them
223
54

How many Supreme Court justices did US President Donald Trump appoint during his term in office?

Only two
None
Three
Only one

Since the 1967 Six Day War, the Christian right in the USA has generally supported close ties with which country?

China
Israel
Russia
Egypt

What was the name of the Supreme Court nominee who was refused a hearing by Mitch McConnell?

Merrick Garland
Elena Kagan
John Roberts
Ginsburg

Who succeeded James Garfield as US President in 1883?

Chester A. Arthur
John F. Kennedy
Jefferson
James K. Polk

Who was the leader of the Radical Republican faction in the US Congress during the American Civil War?

Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Charles Sumner
Thomas Jefferson

Which US senator is a libertarian conservative?

Rand Paul
Mike Pence
Mitch McConnell
Jeff Sessions

Who was the first Democrat to be elected President of the USA since James Buchanan?

Thomas Jefferson
Grover Cleveland
Franklin
George Washington

Which Supreme Court case rolled back parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Federal Election Commission v. Alabama
Shelby County
The Fourteenth Amendment
Voting Rights Act

What is the name of the 20 volume book published in 1999 that covers all US politicians who are no longer alive?

American Political History
American Politics
American National Biography
The Best American Biography

Who was the anti-slavery leader of the Jayhawkers?

Charles R. Jennison
George Washington
John Brown
William Jefferson

Who was the Senate Majority Leader during Barack Obama's term in office?

Barack Obama
George W. Bush
Mitch McConnell
John McCain

Who became the first black Republican governor of a US state in 2007?

Bobby Jindal
Rick Perry
Mike Pence
Mike Huckabee

Which US President supported the Gold Standard?

George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
James Madison

What political ideology is associated with the Republican Party?

Conservative
Independent
Liberal
Democratic

Who is the current US President of the Republican Party?

Hillary Rodham
Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Who was the Soviet leader at the time of Ronald Reagan's 'tear down the wall' speech?

Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin

Who is the most popular conservative radio host in the USA?

John McCain
John Boehner
George Bush
Rush Limbaugh

Who became Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1998, succeeding Newt Gingrich?

Dennis Hastert
George W. Bush
Nancy Pelosi
John Boehner

Who was the Liberal Republican candidate defeated by Ulysses Grant in 1872?

Jefferson
William Howard Taft
Horace Greeley
Lincoln

What is the symbol of the US Republican Party?

Lion
Elephant
Bear
Horse

Who was George W Bush's running mate in the 2000 US Presidential election?

Dick Cheney
George Bush
Mitch McConnell
George W Bush

Which political party won the US mid-term elections in 2022?

Republican
Democrats
Republicans
Conservatives

Who was the President of the USA from 1924 to 1929?

President Wilson
Roosevelt
George Washington
Calvin Coolidge

US President Donald Trump was impeached by which body in December 2019?

The Senate
Federal District
Senate
House of Representatives

Who was the only Republican to change his party allegiance to become a Democrat in the US Senate in 2001?

Joe Miller
Mike Enzi
Jim Jeffords
Mike Hagan

Which organisation has allied itself with the Republican Party since the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act?

Gun control
National Council of Independent Business
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Rifle Association

Who was the first US President to introduce the New Deal?

President George Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Lincoln
George Washington

In the 2018 US midterm elections, the Republican Party lost control of which branch of the government?

Senate
judicial system
Federal Reserve
House

What law, passed in 1947, gave workers the right not to join a union?

Federal Labor Standards Act
Labor Day
The National Labor Relations Act
Taft–Hartley Act

Who was the first Republican President of the USA?

Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy

Who succeeded Lyndon Johnson as US President in 1868?

Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant

Who was the Democrat President of the USA in 1856?

Lincoln
James Buchanan
Jefferson
George Washington

Who became Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1994?

John Kerry
Newt Gingrich
John Boehner
Nancy Pelosi

What controversial energy project was supported by the US Republican Party during Barack Obama's presidency?

Transwestern
Transwestern Railway
TransCanada Highway
Keystone Pipeline

Which country has 50 states, each with a different political party?

United States
Canada
The United Kingdom
Japan

Who was the Republican candidate defeated by Barack Obama in the 2012 Presidential election?

John McCain
Sarah Palin
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney

Which US President vetoed the Wade-Davis Bill in 1864?

Theodore Roosevelt
President Jefferson
Lincoln
George Washington

Which US political party has a higher percentage of Roman Catholics than Protestants?

Republican
Democratic

What was the predecessor of the Republican Party in the USA?

Democratic Party
National Union
Whig Party
The Union Party

What is the name of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical on climate change?

Laudato Si
Pope Francis' Climate Change Encyclical
The Earth Summit
The New York Times

The name of which US President inspired the founding of the Republican Party?

Lincoln
John F.Kennedy
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson's father

Who was Ronald Reagan's Republican opponent in the 1964 Presidential election?

George Washington
George Bush
Barry Goldwater
John F. Kennedy

Which of the two major political parties in the USA is known as the Grand Old Party?

Republican Party
The Green Party
Democratic Party

What is the most common race of women who vote for the Republican Party?

White
Asian
African-American
African American

In the US, the Republican Party opposes the inclusion of what in the military?

Women
Gay people
Black people
African-Americans

Who is the only member of the US Republican Party to propose legislation to regulate carbon emissions?

Mike Bloomberg
John McCain
Mitch McConnell
George W. Bush

Who is the current Chair of the Republican National Committee?

Michelle Rhee
John McCain
Nancy Pelosi
Ronna McDaniel

Republican Majority for Choice was a political PAC that advocated for what issue?

Education
Marriage
Abortion rights
Health care

Who is the President of the United States, and appoints the Supreme Court justices?

George Washington
Trump
The US Congress
The president of the United States

Which US President was a member of the Bull Moose Party?

Theodore Roosevelt
George Washington
Harry S. Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Who was the governor of California at the time of the 'Kyoto Protocols'?

Arnold Schwarzenegger
John S. Bush
George Bush
John Kerry

Which American historian wrote 'The History of Presidential Elections, 1789-2000'?

William Howard Taft
Schlesinger
George Washington
Robert Wood Johnson

Who did Donald Trump defeat in the US Presidential election in 2016?

Obama
John McCain
Hillary Clinton
George W Bush

In which state did Donald Trump win the US Presidential election in 2016?

Tennessee
Ohio
New York
Michigan

Who was the third Republican candidate to run for the US Presidency in the 1992 Presidential Election?

John McCain
Mitt Romney
George Bush
Ross Perot

Which amendment to the US Constitution banned slavery, except as punishment for a crime?

The Fourteenth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Twenty-sixth Amendment

What colour is traditionally associated with the Democratic Party in the USA?

Blue
Red
Orange

Which political party was founded in 1854 as the Anti-Nebraska Party?

National Union
Federalist
Democratic
Republican

Who was the first black person to run for the US Presidency as a Republican?

Charles Darwin
William Howard Taft
John F.Kennedy
John C. Frémont

What is the name of the Republican governor of Maryland?

George W. Bush
George Washington
John Hagan
Larry Hogan
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