AP Gov Unit 5 Trashketball 🏀⭐️🏃‍♂️😎

Which of the following amendments was NOT directly tied to extending suffrage to African Americans, women, and other minorities? A. 14th B. 15th C. 19th D. 24th

14th - The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. and extended equal protection of the laws to all citizens. Although this amendment was beneficial to former slaves, it did not grant voting rights to them.

Which amendment abolished poll taxes which were used as a form of voter suppression?

24th Amendment

Which Amendment led to the direct election of Senators?

A. 17th Amendment (its A) B. 18th Amendment C. 20th Amendment D. 23rd Amendment

Which of the following statements best summarizes voter ID laws in the United States? A. The Supreme Court has overwhelmingly supported voter ID laws. B. Liberals support these laws because they tend to increase voter turnout. C. Many conservatives support these laws due to concerns related to voter fraud D. Progressives support voter ID laws since they tend to benefit Democratic Party candidates in state and federal elections.

C. Many conservatives support these laws due to concerns related to voter fraud

What is lobbying?

Communication as a representative of a group with government officials to persuade them to support a particular policy.

A political party that believes that the federal government should take a more active role in people's lives, particularly those who are in need?

Democratic Party

What are the 4 linkage institutions?

Elections, Interest Groups, Media, Political Parties

How do Political Action Comnittees (PACs) influence government?

Financially supporting causes and campaigns

The National Rifle Association (NRA) investing money in a TV and internet campaign to encourage its members to contact their local representatives to oppose gun control legislation proposed shortly after a mass school shooting would be considered a form of

Grassroots lobbying - Grassroots lobbying occurs when an interest group uses one or more forms of media to persuade their members to put pressure on legislators to influence policy.

What do lobbyist try to do?

Influence the decisions made by government officials

How do political parties serve as linkage institutions?

Parties are able to identify their supporters, get out the vote, and also increase registration.

A written statement of the goals of a political party?

Party Platform

An organization that tries to get political power by electing members to public office so that their political ideas can become laws or policies?

Political Party

Which type of voting is based on your own individual self interests?

Rational Choice Voting

A voter that decides to vote for a presidential candidate from the opposing political party as a result of a declining economy during the incumbent's first few years in office would be exhibiting which voting behaviors?

Retrospective Voting

A voter that decides to vote for a presidential candidate from the opposing political party as a result of a declining economy during the incumbent's first few years in office would be exhibiting which of the following voting behaviors?

Retrospective voting

Which of the following best explains how political parties use party platforms?

The platform is used to define the party's general stance on political issues.

Which of the following is the most reliable factor in predicting a voter's habits?

Their party identification

What is a strategy an interest group might use to influence an election's outcome?

To run TV and newspaper ads

Name all types of linkage institutions

political parties, interest groups, elections, and media