Political Science Chapter 5

The typical procedure for an initiative requires petitions to feature the signatures of _________ of the number of registered voters in a state.

5 to 10 percent

Americans contributing money to a candidate's campaign is best defined as a form of

influencing behavior.

The text defines _________ as the actions of private citizens by which they seek to influence or support government politics.

political participation

A legal action brought by a person or group on behalf of a number of people in similar circumstances is also known as a(n)

class action suit.

The majoritarian model of democracy favors

voting as the primary means of participation.

The text defines suffrage and franchise as the right to

vote

Which of the following is an unconventional form of political participation?

Chanting slogans outside public officials' windows

The __________ to the Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

Fifteenth Amendment

Which of the following was the first known act of unconventional participation in America?

The Boston Tea Party

Which means of political participation serves the ideal of equality better than any other?

Voting in elections

A practical test of whether or not a government is democratic is whether

citizens can affect its policies by acting through its institutions.

Characteristics frequently associated with nonvoters are

low education, low income, and being relatively young.

A direct primary is a

preliminary election to choose party candidates.

The framers of the Constitution left the issue of voter enfranchisement to

the states

Before the collapse of communism, the former Soviet Union did not function as a democracy because

there was only one political party