PS 1 Ch 7

Voter identification cards find the most support among

liberals. Democrats. *Republicans. poorer citizens. libertarians.

Eighteen-, nineteen-, and twenty-year-old Americans were granted the right to vote by the passage of the ________ Amendment.

Twenty-Third Twenty-First *Twenty-Sixth Nineteenth Fifteenth

Political protests

*are seen by most Americans as something to be accepted but not admired. are today mostly aimed at local laws and local political targets. have become more spontaneous and unlawful in recent years. are more common in the United States today than in most European democracies. have recently seen success primarily with liberal or leftist protest groups.

Education and income affect voter turnout

*more in the United States than in Europe. None of these answers is correct. more in Europe than in the United States. only in national elections in Europe. only in national elections in the United States.

Compared with U.S. citizens of higher incomes, those of lower incomes are

*much less likely to vote in elections. much less likely to vote in elections—a pattern that is also true in European democracies. None of these answers is correct. about equally likely to vote in elections. much more likely to vote in elections.

If Americans vote less than Europeans, why are they more likely to work for a political campaign than are citizens in Europe?

*America's federal system provides more campaign opportunities. Americans have more leisure time than Europeans. European candidates seldom need campaign workers. U.S. candidates pay campaign workers, whereas European candidates do not. Laws in some U.S. communities require citizens to participate in campaigns.

Volunteer activity is LOWEST in the

*South. Northeast. Plains states. Midwest. West.

A sustained action taken by citizens disenchanted with government in order to express their opposition and work to bring about the change they seek is a

*social movement. voter upsurge. citizen lobby. regular election. popular resistance.

Literacy tests were used to

ensure that women voted with their husbands, who legally controlled the money in a marriage. help subsidize public education in the North. *disenfranchise African Americans in the South. finance election campaigns. ensure that the people who voted would take the vote seriously.

The frequency of elections in the United States reduces voter turnout by

increasing the amount of taxes paid at the polls. *increasing the personal effort needed to participate in all elections. discouraging local politicians from playing an active role in presidential elections. focusing too much attention on state and local elections. creating more complex registration requirements.

Which of the following groups of people is MOST adversely affected by our country's voter registration system?

people with college degrees young adults *those with less income senior citizens women

In the twenty-first century, voting rates in the United States have

shown little difference from those of the late twentieth century. declined in all elections. *remained lower than in nearly every other democracy. increased in all elections. demonstrated that the apathy of young citizens has worsened considerably since the early 1990s.

When it comes to protest activities, a majority of Americans are

supportive of violent activities if the cause warrants such an approach. willing to contribute through financial support but not through active participation. *not highly supportive of such activities, despite America's tradition of free expression. actively involved in protests at one time or another in their lives. actively involved only later in their lives, when they feel more secure that a protest is justified.

Occupy Wall Street's main issue has been

the need to have better regulation of stock trading. the undue influence of the Tea Party in national politics. *the power and wealth of the wealthiest Americans. the necessity of overthrowing capitalism and replacing it with socialism. the high taxes paid by America's poor.

Many white, working-class citizens failed to vote in the 1968 and 1972 elections because they felt alienated by the centrality of which political issue?

youth protest the Vietnam War *civil rights immigration the economy