Ap Gov Chapter 8

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What share of the voting age population is actually registered to vote in the US?

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Two thirds

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Which of the following statements about the motor -voter law is accurate?

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It requires states to allow people to register to vote when applying for a drivers license.

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A 2001 study found that motor - voter registrants are less likely than other new registrants to

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Vote

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At the time the constitution was ratified, voting was limited to

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Property owners or tax payers

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The most important changes in elections have included all of the following except

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Direct popular election of representatives in the house.

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Which of the following were employed to discriminate against Africans Americans who wanted to vote?

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Literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, white primaries.

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Initially, following passage of the nineteenth amendment, women

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Voted less often than men, but generally on the same manner.

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The voting right act of 1970, which gave eighteen- year-olds the right to vote in state and federal elections

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Was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court.

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One explanation for the apparent decline in voter turn out suggests that high voter turn out in the nineteenth century was actually the result of

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Massive voter fraud and manipulation.

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Until about 1890, ballots were printed by the

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Political parties

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Adoption of the Australian ballot enables US citizens to vote

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In secret

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After the 1890's, the voter-registration regulations became more burdensome because

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Longer residency requirements, harder for blacks to vote, educational qualifications were added in some states, voters were required to register far in advance of the elections

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In 2002, congress passes legislation that did all of the following except

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Create a uniform national voting system

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VEP measures of turn out may be a more accurate measure of voter turn out than VAP measures because

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VEP measures attempt to remove ineligible voters from data

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When one refocuses analysis of voter turn out in the last fourteen presidential elections to VEP measures, it is clear that

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Voter turn out has generally remained the same

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About what percent of the american population are completely inactive in politics?

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20

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All of the following statements are accurate descriptions of those who are inactive in politics except

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They tend to be extremely liberal or conservative

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Those who cast ballots in elections but engage in no other form of political participation are called

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Voting specialists

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Those who prefer to participate on politics by forming and joining nonpartisan groups and dealing with various issues in then are referred to as

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Communalists

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Those who stayvout of electoral contests and community organizations but will contact officials to deal with specific problems are called

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Parochial participants

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Which of the following are more likely to vote and otherwise take part in politics?

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Regular churchgoers

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Who tens to think that they will benefit from increases in registration and voting?

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Democrats

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The best evidence suggests americans

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Are voting less and participating in politics more

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The number of elective offices in the US, compared with European nations, is

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Much higher

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Compared with Europeans, american voters are offered the opportunity to vote

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More frequently

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One important demographic change that has yet to be studied In any meaningful way is

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The impact the growing Hispanic population will have on elections.