CH 7 Homework

Which of the following explain why Europeans with less education and income vote at higher rates in their countries than their American counterparts?

Americans face more voter registration requirements. Class-based European organizations encourage participation.

Which of the following nations has the highest average voter turnout rate?

Belgium

Opponents of voter ID laws tend to be ______.

Democrats

True or false: Americans in the lowest 20 percent of income earners have the highest levels of participation in the United States.

False

True or false: When the United States was founded, all white men were given the right to vote.

False - only white property owners

How did the Supreme Court rule on the Indiana law requiring citizens to obtain a government-issued voter identification card in order to vote?

It upheld the Indiana law.

The movement against gun violence had a relatively low profile until the mass killing at ______.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Who led the impassioned plea for tougher gun control measures after the Parkland shooting?

Parkland students

What role does party loyalty play in voting?

Party loyalty heightens interest in voting.

True or false: Voter turnout decreased in the United States once states enacted registration laws around 1900.

True

Americans participate more in politics than do citizens of other western democracies except in which of the following activities?

Turning out to vote on election day

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended voting rights to eighteen-year-olds?

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Generally, protests ______ have not been popular in the United States.

against U.S. military action

Differences in which of the following are factors that influence voter participation?

age education sense of duty

Which of the following refers to a total lack of interest, such as a total lack of interest in politics?

apathy

How can Americans participate virtually in politics?

by using resources and joining discussions on the Internet

People who believe that citizens ought to participate in political affairs are likely to describe voting as an exercise in

civic duty.

The Occupy Wall Street movement was aimed predominantly at which issue?

income inequality

For a movement to succeed, it must ______.

institutionalize its goals

Which of the following lawmakers were the original targets of the Tea Party movement?

lawmakers who supported federal spending and higher taxes

In general, protest activity is ______ common in the United States than in many Western democracies.

less

Which of the following groups has the highest rate of voter turnout?

middle-aged people from the upper class

The difference in the age of participating voters is more pronounced in

midterm congressional elections.

Senior citizens in the United States have a ______ rate of voter turnout than voters under the age of 30 do.

much higher

Free societies thrive on the ______ of citizens in the civic and political life of their communities.

participation

Internet political participation peaks during which of the following?

presidential elections

Which of the following tactics were used to disenfranchise blacks in the post-Civil War South despite the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?

publicized lists of voters literacy tests

Harvard's Robert Putnam refers to the sum of face-to-face civic interactions among citizens in a society as ______.

social capital

Which amendment to the Constitution granted women the right to vote in the United States?

the Nineteenth Amendment

To date, what is the most successful of the recent political movements?

the Tea Party movement

What sparked the Black Lives Matter movement?

the killing of unarmed young black men by police officers

Why did states start registering voters?

to prevent individuals from voting multiple times in the same election

Which of these groups vote at above average rates?

upper-income Americans college-educated individuals

Suffrage is the right to

vote

Which of the following results from a high frequency of elections, such as having primary, general, and referenda elections?

voter fatigue

Which of the following voting restrictions increases the burden on citizens who move frequently?

voter registration requirements

The proportion of eligible adult citizens who actually vote in a given election is known as ______.

voter turnout

The United States' voter turnout rate in presidential elections tends to hover around ______ percent.

60

Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationship between income and political participation in the United States?

Higher-income citizens are the most active because they have the resources to participate effectively.

The Black Lives Matter movement has sought, primarily, to highlight ______.

disparities in local officials' treatment of Black and white citizens

The Tea Party movement did not support which of the following policies?

higher taxes government subsidies for health insurance

Which of the following has the lowest voting rates?

Independents

Which statement best describes the prevalent view of the public concerning protest activists in the United States?

Protest activity should be tolerated.

Which of the following forms of political participation require citizens to spend a comparatively large amount of personal resources?

demonstrating for political causes volunteering in a political campaign

Why did the communist movement fail in America?

Its goals were too at odds with American values.

According to the Department of Labor, roughly ______ percent of Americans participate in volunteer activities annually.

25

Unlike participation through interest groups or political parties, participation in political movements ______.

takes place largely outside established institutions

What protest movement of the modern era has had the most lasting effect?

civil rights

More people in the United States participate in election campaigns than people in other countries do because ______.

the United States has more elected posts than other countries do

The #MeToo movement's larger goal was to ______.

raise awareness of sexual misconduct

Which of the following factors are said to adversely affect voter turnout in the United States?

frequent elections voter registration laws