AP Review Quiz Ch 6
It’s time for “AP Review Quiz Ch 6”, where today we’ll be taking a look at the sixth chapter of your study books and looking at such topics as the motor-voter programs, European elections, political participation, voter registration procedures and much more. What can you tell us?
- 1.The adoption of the motor-voter programs has resulted in
- A.
Significantly more Republicans being registered.
- B.
Significantly more Democrats being registered.
- C.
An increase in independent registrations.
- D.
A drop-off in voter registrations.
- E.
A string of victories for the Democrats.
- 2.Voter turnout n European elections is typically
- A.
Near 100 percent.
- B.
More than 80 percent.
- C.
Approximately 50 percent.
- D.
Less than 40 percent.
- E.
Less than 30 percent.
- 3.The most powerful determinant of political participation, other than education and information, is
- A.
Race.
- B.
Gender.
- C.
Employment.
- D.
Region.
- E.
Age.
- 4.Which of the following statements about political participation by blacks is true?
- A.
Blacks participate less than whites across the board.
- B.
Blacks participate more than whites of the same socioeconomic status.
- C.
Blacks participate only at certain times, such as during the civil rights movements of the 1960s.
- D.
Blacks participate more heavily than whites in protest movements, riots, and demonstrations.
- E.
Blacks participate more than whites across the board.
- 5.Which of the following statements about public demonstrations such as sit-ins and protest marches correct?
- A.
They have been used primarily by antiwar & civil rights activists.
- B.
They have become much more common in recent decades.
- C.
They are normally not considered a form of political participation.
- D.
They have not been especially effective.
- E.
They are increasingly less common.
- 6.The enactment of strict voter registration procedures has resulted in
- A.
Decreased electoral fraud.
- B.
Decreased voter turnout.
- C.
Stronger political parties.
- D.
A & B
- E.
None of the above.
- 7.Which of the following factors are highly correlated with a high rate of political participation?
- A.
More education, older then 35 years of age.
- B.
More education, age younger than 35 years old.
- C.
Immigrant background, higher income.
- D.
Non-immigrant background, more education.
- E.
High income, younger than 25 years old.
- 8.One argument against compulsory voting in the U.S. is
- A.
The expense involved.
- B.
The variation in enforcement from state to state.
- C.
Its vulnerability to vote fraud.
- D.
The impossibility of implementing it.
- E.
Voter objections to identification papars.
- 9.Political participation encompasses all of the following activities EXCEPT
- A.
Voting.
- B.
Paying your taxes.
- C.
Writing your congressional representative.
- D.
Signing a petition.
- E.
Discussing politics.
- 10.Which of the following was required by the U.S. Constitution?
- A.
Free adult male suffrage.
- B.
Popularly elected presidential electors
- C.
Nonpartisan election commissions.
- D.
Popularly elected Senators.
- E.
Popularly elected House members.
- 11.Direct election of members of the House of Representatives was required by
- A.
A Supreme Court ruling.
- B.
Decisions of the individual states.
- C.
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- D.
An Executive order
- E.
The original U.S. Constitution.
- 12.The Voting Rights Act of 1965 contained all of the following provisions EXCEPT
- A.
A suspension of the use of literacy tests.
- B.
The appointment of federal examiners to register blacks in areas where voter participation has been low.
- C.
An end to all poll taxes and property requirements.
- D.
The imposition of criminal penalties for interfering with the right to vote.
- E.
B & C
- 13.Until 1920, women were kept from voting by
- A.
Intimidation.
- B.
Social custom.
- C.
Their own choice.
- D.
Tradition.
- E.
Law.
- 14.Which of the following statements applies to the voting rights of U.S. Citizens who cannot speak English?
- A.
All U.S. citizens are guaranteed the right to a ballot written in his or her native language.
- B.
These citizens must pass a language test before they are allowed to vote.
- C.
Areas must only provide translators for Spanish-speaking persons under the age of 21.
- D.
Areas must provide a translator to all non-English speaking citizens wishing to vote.
- E.
Areas with many such citizens must provide ballots written in the citizens' languages.
- 15.One explanation given by the text for the decline in U.S. voter participation in presidential elections after 1900 is that
- A.
Election fraud increased dramatically in the 20th century.
- B.
Fewer citizens were directly affected by the outcome of presidential elections.
- C.
Other forms of political participation became less accessible to citizens.
- D.
Parties ceased mobilizing mass voter turnout.
- E.
The Republican party began to attempt to mobilize individuals who were least likely to vote.
- 16.A careful study of the "party of nonvoters" in the 1992 and 1996 elections found the most common demographic feature(s) of nonvoters to be
- A.
Residential mobility. (they moved a lot)
- B.
Conservatism.
- C.
Catholicism.
- D.
Youth
- E.
A & D
- 17.The text suggests that one reason religious involvement increases political participation is because
- A.
Politics is a more simplistic form of theology.
- B.
A belief in God helps people make political decisions.
- C.
The church provides a forum for differing viewpoints.
- D.
It leads to inwardness and thus more political insight.
- E.
It puts one in contact with like-minded people.
- 18.According to studies, what effect does cynicism have on voter turnout?
- A.
It decreases turnout.
- B.
It increases it across the board.
- C.
It increases turnout for minor parties only.
- D.
It decreases turnout when third parties are also a factor.
- E.
It has no effect on turnout at all.
- 19.Minnesota and other states have each legislated voter registration
- A.
According to stricter standards than the federal ones.
- B.
On the same day as elections.
- C.
By postcard up to one month before the elections.
- D.
By using door-to-door registrars.
- E.
On the internet.
- 20.Although we vote at _________________________ rates than people abroad, the meaning of our vote is ____________________.
- A.
Higher, same.
- B.
Higher, more important
- C.
Lower, different
- D.
Lower, same
- E.
Lower, more important.
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