Chapter 7 Learnsmart

Over 70 percent of Americans' political participation via community activities takes place in which of the following?

- civic organizations - school-related groups - church-related groups

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

- demonstrating fir political causes - volunteering in a political campaign

Which of the following tactics were used to disenfranchise blacks in the postWar South despite the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?

- publicized lists of voters - literacy tests

The United States voter turnout rate in presidential elections tends to hover around

60%

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

Belgium

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

Which of the following terms refers to a feeling of powerlessness, such as that in the bellef that government pays no attention to an individual's interests?

alienation

How can Americans participate virtually in politics?

by using resources and joining discussions on the internet

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

civil rights

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

income inequality

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

middle aged people from the upper class

Compared to citizens in Europe, Americans are ___ likely to contribute time and money to political campaigns

more

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

participantion

Multiple Choice Question Internet political participation peaks during which of the following?

presidential elections

In what area has virtual participation been a tangible asset for political campaigns?

small-donor fundraising

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

social

What did Congress enact 1993 that required states to allow people to register to vote when applying for a driver's license or public assistance?

the motor voter act

Why did states start registering voters?

to prevent individuals from voting multiple times in the same election

suffrage is the right to

to vote