GOVERNMENT QUIZ VII
The amendment lowering the voting age to eighteen is the
26th amendment
Researchers have found that political apathy is _________ in the United States compared to almost all other nations.
Much lower
Citizen mobilization to stop construction of a nuclear waste facility near their homes would be an example of the _________ phenomenon.
NIMBY
____________ championed the direct primary.
Progressives
Congress and the states moved quickly to pass the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which lowered the voting age to eighteen, because they
hoped to channel student energy away from demonstrations and toward more conventional forms of participation
Americans contributing money to a candidate's campaign is best defined as a form of
influencing behavior.
Most referenda are placed on the ballot by
legislatures
Psychological explanations of turnout suggest that voting will rise if
more Americans believe that government is responsive.
In Smith v. Allwright, the Supreme Court found _________ is(are) unconstitutional.
preventing blacks from voting in primary elections
According to the text, with respect to political participation, "_________ is the great equalizer,..."
protest
The effect of the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which enfranchised eighteen-to-twenty-year-olds, was to
reduce the national voter turnout rate.
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 standard socioeconomic model of participation chiefly refers to
education, income, and occupation.
The American emphasis on freedom over equality in political participation works to the benefit of
those with greater resources.
The majoritarian model of democracy favors
voting as the primary means of participation.
To maintain order, the government has a stake in converting ______________ whenever possible.
unconventional participation into conventional participation
If voter turnout was computed on the basis of registered voters, about ________ of Americans vote.
80 percent
During the Vietnam War, protesting students on college campuses
All of the above are true
The ability of groups to make government respond to their special problems is best described as part of ________ theory.
Pluralist
The text defines __________ as the actions of private citizens by which they seek to influence or support government and politics.
Political participation
__________ is political action that expresses allegiance to country and government.
Supportive behavior
In nearly every other democratic country, the burden of registration is placed on
The government
The text defines suffrage and franchise as the right to
Vote
Timothy McVeigh bombed the Oklahoma City federal building because he
believed the U.S. government had become a police state.
In Oregon, everyone votes by
Of all the social and economic variables affecting political participation, _________ is the strongest single factor.
education
A 2013 supreme court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act allowed numerous states to
enforce new voter identification laws.
Voting in the United States decreased during the 1970s and 1980s. Other forms of participation
increased or remained stable.
Americans are less likely to __________ than citizens of other countries.
join demonstrations
In 2012 and 2013, voters approved a number of ballot propositions, including ones in Colorado and Washington that
legalized marijuana.
Because it depends on mass participation in politics, majoritarianism tends to
limit individual freedom.
According to the text, Americans were __________ politically apathetic in 2012 compared to 1952.
neither more nor less
Someone who asserts that elections "socialize political activity" is contending that elections are mechanisms that maintain
order
The framers of the Constitution left the issue of voter enfranchisement to
the states.
Which of the following qualifications for voting was virtually eliminated in all states by the 1850s?
property ownership
The 1955 Montgomery bus boycott is an example of
successful unconventional political participation.
Although terrorism is an unconventional political action, it is generally not counted as unconventional political participation because
terrorists do not seek to influence government but to destroy it.
The country with the lowest voter turnout among eligible voters in congressional elections is
the United States.
One recent criticism of referenda and initiatives is that
they create an expensive "industry" designed around circulating petitions and spending millions.
Compared with other nations in the world in granting suffrage to women, the United States
was among the first.
How does education affect voter turnout?
well-educated people are more likely to vote than are their less-educated counterparts.
