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Transcript of Ch 6: Voters and Voter Behavior. ANSWER: C 1. To whom does the Constitution give the power to set...
Ch 6:
Voters and Voter Behavior
ANSWER: C
1. To whom does the Constitution give the power to set suffrage qualifications?
A: Congress B: the Justice Department C: the States D: the Supreme Court
ANSWER: D
2. Which of the following allow new voters time to become familiar with local candidates?
A: literacy tests B: citizenship
requirements C: age requirements D: residency requirements
ANSWER: A
3. What is the feeling of one’s ability to influence politics?
A: political efficacy B: political socialization C: transient D: electorate
ANSWER: C
4. What is the main reason for nonvoting?
A: Congress B: the “time-zone fallout”
problem C: lack of interest D: bad weather
ANSWER: D
5. What is a provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that requires prior approval by the Justice Department before election laws in certain States can be changed?
A: Gerrymandering B: Injunction C: Political Socialization D: Preclearance
ANSWER: D
6. Which of the following voters is most likely to practice split-ticket voting?
A: a party loyalist B: a registered Republican C: a registered Democrat D: an independent
ANSWER: B
7. The most recent expansion of the electorate involved:
A: eliminating the poll tax B: lowering the minimum age for
voting C: abolishing literacy requirements D: the enfranchisement of women
ANSWER: B
8. Which Act changed voting requirements by banning the discriminatory use of registration requirements?
A: Voting Rights Act of 1965 B: Civil Rights Act of 1964 C: Civil Rights Act of 1960 D: Election Laws Act of 1968
ANSWER: D
9. In 1920, Which Amendment changed the electorate by adding women suffrage?
A: 21st Amendment B: 24th Amendment C: 14th Amendment D: 19th Amendment
ANSWER: C
10. The United States Commission on Civil Rights was set up by which act of Congress?
A: The 26th Amendment B: Civil Rights Act of 1960 C: Civil Rights Act of 1957 D: The 15th Amendment
ANSWER: C
11. Which correctly describes the only group able to vote in 1789?
A: citizens that could read and write B: citizens in the District of Columbia C: white, male property owners D: white and African American males in
northern states
ANSWER: B
12. Which person would not meet the universal requirements for voting?
A: a 21 year old legal resident who does not belong to a political party.
B: A 17 year old with a job who has lived in a state for one week.
C: A 21 year old without a job who has lived in a state for three months.
D: An 18 year old legal resident who doesn’t know the issues or candidates.
ANSWER: D
13. Which amendment ended the poll tax as a requirement to vote?
A: 19th Amendment B: 13th Amendment C: 14th Amendment D: 24th Amendment
ANSWER: A
14. Which of the following is not a reason for nonvoting?
A: higher income B: bad weather C: lack of interest D: long lines
ANSWER: A
15. Which Act required preclearance to keep states from discriminating in election laws?
A: Voting Rights Act of 1965 B: Civil Rights Act of 1960 C: Election Laws Act of 1965 D: Voting Rights Act of 1968
ANSWER: B
16. Which type of voting often results from strong loyalty to a political party?
A: political voting B: straight-ticket voting C: split-ticket voting D: independent voting
ANSWER: D
17. What does it mean to remove names of ineligible voters from voting lists?
A: party identification B: injunction C: preclearance D: purge
ANSWER: C
18. What is the Justice Department’s prior approval of changes to election laws called?
A: party identification B: injunction C: preclearance D: purge
ANSWER: B
19. What is a court order that limits a certain action?
A: party identification B: injunction C: preclearance D: purge
ANSWER: A
20. What word describes citizens who are not allowed to vote?
A: disenfranchised B: franchise C: preclearance D: purge
ANSWER: A
21. What is loyalty to a certain political party called?
A: party identification B: injunction C: preclearance D: purge
ANSWER: B
22. How are the differences in the way men and women vote described?
A: party identification B: gender gap C: injunction D: literacy
ANSWER: D
23. What is the congressional election between presidential elections years?
A: purge B: injunction C: independent D: off-year election
ANSWER: A
24. What is a person who does not belong to a political party?
A: independent B: party identification C: non-aligned D: emancipated
ANSWER: D
25. What occurs when a voter experiences a decrease in voting as they move down the ballot?
A: gerrymandering B: political socialization C: transient D: ballot fatigue
