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The amendment lowering the voting age to 18 is the

26th amendment

of all the social and economic variables affecting political participation, _______ is the strongest single factor

education

the text defines suffrage and franchise as the right to

vote

The text defines ________ as the actions of private citizens by which they seek to influence or support gov and politics

Political participation

All of the following are regarded in the text as examples of unconventional participation except

Timothy McVeigh's 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City

A practical test of whether or not a government is democratic is whether

citizens can affect its policies by acting through its institutions

A legal action brought by a person or group on behalf of a number of people in similar circumstances is also known as a

class action suit

Unconventional political participation involving assembling crowds to confront businesses and local governments is known as

direct action

The amendment granting women's suffrage is the

nineteenth

The __________ amendment to the constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

the fifteenth


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