Deck 11: Voting and Participation

Question 1

In 1869, the first territory to grant women the right to vote was

A) Alabama.
B) Montana.
C) Tennessee.
D) West Virginia.
E) Wyoming.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Citizens of the ____________ did not receive the right to vote until 1961.

A) island of Puerto Rico
B) District of Columbia
C) island of Guam
D) U.S. Virgin Islands
E) Mariana Islands

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The__________ model of participation sees risks in greater participation and, thus, favors a larger role for elites.

A) Australian
B) English
C) Hamiltonian
D) Jacksonian
E) Jeffersonian

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Tests that required potential voters to prove they could read were called _________.

A) reading tests
B) poll tests
C) citizenship tests
D) literacy tests
E) Kesey tests

Question 5

__________ were a series of Southern laws that were established with strict segregation of the races.

A) Jim Crow laws
B) Joseph Rainey laws
C) Law of the Land laws
D) State of the South laws
E) None of these laws

Question 6

In 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court, in __________, ruled a primary in which only white people can vote as unconstitutional.

A) Dred Scott v. Sanford
B) Gideon v. Wainwright
C) Smith v. Allwright
D) United States v. Ryan
E) United States v. Stanley

Question 7

As Article I, Section 4, of the Constitution states, "The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed __________."

A) by Congress
B) by the president of the United States
C) by the people of each respective state
D) in each State by the Executive thereof
E) in each State by the Legislature thereof

Question 8

The__________ model holds that more participation yields a more involved and engaged public and that, in turn, produces better outcomes.

A) Australian
B) English
C) Hamiltonian
D) Jacksonian
E) Jeffersonian

Question 9

During the rise of Jacksonian democracy in the 1820s, _______ was expanded significantly.

A) franchise
B) representation
C) immigration
D) emigration
E) civil rights

Question 10

Initially most states did not allow  ______ to cast votes for president.

A) the public
B) state legislatures
C) elected officials
D) property owners
E) white men

Question 11

Which amendment to the Constitution granted women the right to vote?

A) Thirteenth Amendment
B) Fourteenth Amendment
C) Fifteenth Amendment
D) Nineteenth Amendment
E) Twenty-First Amendment

Question 12

The history of voting rights in America falls into three general eras: White Male Suffrage, Women's Suffrage, and __________.

A) Civil Rights Movement
B) Universal Rights Movement
C) Children's Rights Movement
D) National Rights Movement
E) American Indian Movement

Question 13

The right to vote is referred to as __________ and is also called the franchise.

A) apathy
B) efficacy
C) filibuster
D) suffrage
E) turnout

Question 14

When Susan B. Anthony was arrested, she claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment gave her the __________.

A) right to petition
B) right to free exercise
C) right to free speech
D) right to vote
E) right to bear arms

Question 15

The share of all eligible voters who actually can cast ballots is known as

A) literacy tests.
B) white primary.
C) turnout.
D) poll taxes.
E) grandfather clauses.

Question 16

The Constitution spells out in some detail the workings of the __________, which chooses the president.

A) Electoral College
B) Federal Election Commission
C) House of Representatives
D) Senate
E) state legislatures

Question 17

Southern state legislatures, no longer under federal authority, passed segregation laws that denied African Americans basic political rights, in an era known as

A) the Civil Rights Era.
B) the Enlightenment.
C) Jim Crow.
D) the Progressive Era.
E) Reconstruction.

Question 18

The arguments against women's suffrage were closely aligned with the _______ model.

A) Jeffersonian
B) Hamiltonian
C) Duverger
D) Washington
E) Courie

Question 19

After the Civil War, voting rights were extended to African American males in the __________ Amendment.

A) Thirteenth
B) Fourteenth
C) Fifteenth
D) Nineteenth
E) Twenty-First

Question 20

After achieving suffrage, women quickly _________ in the political process.

A) became involved
B) became less involved
C) became disenfranchised
D) became organized
E) became less organized

Question 21

To strengthen protections of the franchise, in 1965, Congress passed the __________ Act, which effectively ended literacy tests and other strategies that had discriminated against African Americans at the polls and gave the Justice Department the authority to supervise voter registration in locales that had discriminated.

A) Civil Rights
B) Equal Voting
C) Federal Rights
D) Smith
E) Voting Rights

Question 22

The incentive to extend the right to vote to 18-year-olds was sparked by ________________.

A) the Civil Rights Act
B) the Voting Rights Act
C) the Jim Crow era
D) nonviolent protest
E) the Vietnam War

Question 23

A __________ was an election that had rules prohibiting blacks from voting in Democratic primaries.

A) grandfather clause
B) white primary
C) poll tax
D) turnout
E) collective good

Question 24

The __________ Amendment, ratified in 1964, banned poll taxes.

A) Thirteenth
B) Sixteenth
C) Nineteenth
D) Twenty-Fourth
E) Twenty-Sixth

Question 25

The tendency for women to support Democrats over Republicans is referred to as the _______.

A) gender gap
B) wage gap
C) battle of the sexes
D) gender differential
E) equality difference

Question 26

The relationship between income and voting generally shows a _______ result.

A) positive
B) negative
C) neutral
D) advantageous
E) disadvantageous

Question 27

Election rules that exempted people from difficult literacy and interpretation tests for voting if their grandfathers had been eligible to vote are known as

A) grandfather clauses.
B) white primaries.
C) poll taxes.
D) collective goods.
E) turnout.

Question 28

The primary reason that college-educated people vote is most likely _________________

A) that they learned the importance of voting in their classes.
B) that they were inspired by professors who voted.
C) that they gained more knowledge about political policy.
D) that they have a greater sense of civic duty.
E) that they were raised in an environment that urged them to vote.

Question 29

The __________ model views voting as a product of citizens' attitudes about the political system.

A) economic
B) institutional
C) Jacksonian
D) Jeffersonian
E) psychological

Question 30

The greatest predictor of whether or not a person will vote is his or her ___________.

A) age
B) race
C) gender
D) level of education 
E) political ideology

Question 31

The__________ model of voting starts with the assumption that all choices involve a calculation about self-interest that balances costs and benefits.

A) institutional
B) economic
C) Jacksonian
D) Jeffersonian
E) psychological

Question 32

Women are more likely to identify themselves as __________ than men.

A) Republicans
B) Democrats
C) Libertarians
D) Independents
E) Socialists

Question 33

In An Economic Theory of Democracy (1957), Anthony Downs describes __________ voting as a puzzle because voting is not in one's self-interest and, in fact, is irrational.

A) compulsory
B) economic
C) graveyard
D) psychological
E) rational

Question 34

In the __________ model, voting is understood to be shaped by the rules of the system, by political party behavior, by the ways candidates run their campaigns, and by the context of the election.

A) economic
B) institutional
C) Jacksonian
D) Jeffersonian
E) psychological

Question 35

Low voter turnout among young voters, in contrast to higher voter turnout among older Americans, means that _________.

A) elected officials give more attention to issues affecting senior citizens
B) elected officials actively court this voting demographic
C) elected officials give more attention to issues affecting younger voters
D) elected officials actively discourage this voting demographic
E) elected officials actively discourage senior citizens

Question 36

In 1964, public support helped give Congress the impetus to pass the __________ Act, which protected voting rights and put severe restrictions on the administration of literacy tests.

A) Civil Rights
B) Equal Voting
C) Federal Rights
D) Literacy
E) Smith

Question 37

Presidential elections are referred to as being high-stimulus events, as opposed to midterm elections, which are known as ___________.

A) no-stimulus elections
B) mild-stimulus elections
C) low-stimulus elections
D) re-stimulus elections
E) mid-stimulus elections

Question 38

Overcoming one of the biggest gates to Latino voters, Congress extended the Voting Rights Act in 1975 to include

A) literacy tests.
B) illegal immigrants.
C) language assistance.
D) descendant clauses.
E) grandfather clauses.

Question 39

__________ is the belief that one's involvement influences the course of government.

A) Apathy
B) Constructivism
C) Efficacy
D) Partisanship
E) Socialization

Question 40

William Riker and Peter Ordeshook argued that Anthony Downs' theory of economic voting was incomplete because it did not calculate __________ as a benefit of voting.

A) civic duty
B) collective good
C) free rider
D) popularity
E) utilitarian incentives

Question 41

Throughout history, various groups have used the act of _______ as a means of expressing opinions and bringing about change.

A) nonviolent protest
B) direct democracy
C) participatory action
D) civil protest
E) political protest

Question 42

The first campaign to successfully use the Internet to raise money was the presidential nomination campaign of ____________.

A) Ron Paul
B) Barack Obama
C) Howard Dean
D) John Kerry
E) John McCain

Question 43

Some states, such as Oregon, have started to make use of a(n) __________ in which voters get ballots in the mail two weeks prior to the election, providing them a chance to research the candidates and cast their ballots.

A) Australian ballot
B) compulsory voting
C) graveyard voting
D) Internet voting system
E) vote-by-mail system

Question 44

In the Hill v. Colorado case, the Supreme Court ruled that the Colorado law restricted the __________ Amendment interests of Hill, but the Court also noted the legitimate interest of Colorado in trying to protect the health and safety of those entering health care facilities, including the right to be left alone.

A) First
B) Fourth
C) Sixth
D) Ninth
E) Fourteenth

Question 45

Compared to other democracies, voter turnout in the United States is

A) about the same.
B) consistent.
C) extremely high.
D) moderate.
E) low.

Question 46

While voter registration laws reduced voter fraud, they had the unintended consequence of _________

A) disenfranchising voters.
B) increasing the power of party machines.
C) increasing voter turnout.
D) decreasing voter turnout.
E) mobilizing voters.

Question 47

The ________ is an important gateway that allows the public to influence politics and politicians to influence the public.

A) campaign
B) primary election
C) election
D) debate
E) registration drive

Question 48

Concerning fundraising for presidential campaigns, the 2012 election can be thought of as the year of the _____________.

A) Libertarian donor
B) small local donor
C) small Internet donor
D) mega-donor
E) kick-starter

Question 49

The practice of using a dead person's name to cast a ballot is known as ___________.

A) t he Daley Plan
B) graveyard voting
C) retroactive voting
D) identity theft voting
E) deceitful voting

Question 50

With the rise of Twitter, it is unclear whether social media __________________.

A) has been used for political participation
B) has made people more inclined to political participation
C) has helped in fundraising for campaigns
D) has increased knowledge of political issues
E) has had a negative effect on the political process

Question 51

Between 1998 and 2000, the number of emails sent to members of Congress _________.

A) doubled
B) tripled
C) quadrupled
D) did not change
E) marginally decreased

Question 52

Over two thousand years ago, __________ contended that "man is by nature a political animal."

A) Aristotle
B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) John Locke
D) Niccolo Machiavelli
E) Thomas Hobbes

Question 53

In the late nineteenth century, the __________ called for a series of reforms to the voting process to end corrupt practices.

A) Democrats
B) Progressives
C) Reconstructionists
D) Reformers
E) Republicans

Question 54

The concept of __________ describes a trend in which older voters who pass away are replaced by less reliable young voters.

A) grandfather cycles
B) diminishing returns
C) generational replacement
D) decreasing voter turnout
E) Millennial movement

Question 55

The voting-eligible population measurement corrects the rate of participation by accounting for

A) undocumented immigrants.
B) people who do not speak English.
C) people who are in prison.
D) undocumented immigrants and convicted felons.
E) all of these.

Question 56

Which of the following political protests backfired?

A) Boston Tea Party
B) Tea Party movement
C) march on Washington
D) veterans seeking their WWI bonuses
E) Obamacare protest

Question 57

The percentage of people who _______________ has remained relatively stable since 1980.

A) try to influence other voters
B) identify with a specific party
C) display political bumper stickers
D) work for a political campaign
E) donate to a political campaign

Question 58

The measure used to determine the rate of participation by dividing the number of voters by the number of people in the country who are over 18 is known as ______________.

A) median age population
B) voting age population
C) average age population
D) standard age population
E) escalated age population

Question 59

The practice that requires citizens to vote in elections or face punitive measures such as community service, fines, or imprisonment is called ___________.

A) enforced voting
B) recommended voting
C) compulsory voting
D) encouraged voting
E) obfuscated voting

Question 60

The 1993 law that requires states to allow citizens to register to vote when they apply for or renew their driver's license is commonly known as the ________ law.

A) Vehicle Voter
B) License Voter
C) Motor Voter
D) Greater Voter
E) Common Voter

Question 61

Address the issue of turnout and inequality.

Question 62

Compare and contrast the Hamiltonian model with the Jeffersonian model of participation.

Question 63

Why is the right to protest important for democracy?

Question 64

Discuss the path that led to women's suffrage.

Question 65

Explain the arguments made by the opponents of using technology as a way to increase voter participation.

Question 66

Describe the impact of voter registration laws on party machines.

Question 67

Identify the characteristics of individuals who are more likely to vote.

Question 68

Describe the institutional model of voting.

Question 69

Identify some of the ways other countries have increased voter turnout.

Question 70

Provide a detailed explanation of Downs' Economic Model of Voting. Your answer should include a discussion of problems with the model that were addressed by Riker.

Question 71

Discuss the differences in the ways that demographic groups have voted in politics.

Question 72

Discuss how, and how many, Americans are involved in political campaigns.

Question 73

Describe the economic model of voting.

Question 74

Briefly discuss the reasons why the National Voter Registration Act (Motor Voter law) was enacted.

Question 75

Survey the effectiveness of protest politics.

Question 76

Why were women able to vote in some states but not in others?

Question 77

Describe how minorities and immigrants have at times been prohibited from voting.

Question 78

Describe the psychological model of voting.

Question 79

Explain the controversies discussed in your text relating to voter ID laws. Based on what you have read in the text, do you believe that these laws are constitutional? Provide examples to support your answers.

Question 80

List the ways in which African Americans were denied the vote between 1870 and 1965.