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Describe why people with a higher socioeconomic status engage in conventional political participation.

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What was the effect of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment that enfranchised 18- to 20-year-olds?


A) It boosted voter turnout in the United States above that of most other democratic nations.
B) It reduced the national voter turnout rate.
C) It increased the national voter turnout rate.
D) It decreased the percentage of the population that distrusts the American political system.
E) It countered the increasing social mobility of this group.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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

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How did the reforms called for by the Progressives affect voter participation?

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Which of the following best describes the right to vote?


A) It has been expanded since the writing of the Constitution.
B) It has not been extended to those without property.
C) It has been given to aliens as long as they are registered to vote.
D) It can never be taken away.
E) It is taken away if one doesn't vote in five elections.

F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

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Abolitionists, women seeking the vote, civil rights activists, and the Tea Party all successfully used which of the following to draw attention to their cause and bring about change?


A) Letter-writing campaigns
B) The ballot box
C) Education reforms
D) Campaign contributions
E) Political protest

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Evaluate the impact of e-participation.

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How does socioeconomic status affect voter turnout?

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Review the restrictions placed on voting throughout American history. Explain how these restrictions have been eliminated.

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Which of the following describes a person's belief that his or her participation makes an impact?


A) Suffrage
B) Ideology
C) Efficacy
D) Partisan identification
E) Theology

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Evaluate the extent to which protests impact U.S. politics.

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In 1965, which of the following laws was passed by Congress that effectively ended strategies that had discriminated against African Americans at the polls?


A) Civil Rights Act
B) Equal Voting law
C) Federal Rights Act
D) Motor Voter law
E) Voting Rights Act

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Which of the following amendments to the Constitution prohibits states from denying the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"?


A) Tenth
B) Fourteenth
C) Fifteenth
D) Twenty-Second
E) Eighteenth

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Which of the following groups tends to be overrepresented in the electorate?


A) Wealthier people
B) People under the age of 65
C) Voters aged 18 to 24
D) The poor and homeless
E) Hispanics

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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How does socioeconomic status affect voter turnout? Why?

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Which of the following best describes the relationship between income and voting?


A) The lower one's income, the more likely you are to vote.
B) The lower one's income, the more likely you are to be politically knowledgeable.
C) Income appears to have no effect on voting participation.
D) The higher one's income, the more likely you are to vote.
E) The higher one's income, the less you are expected to vote.

F) All of the above
G) None of the above

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Which of the following is likely the primary reason that college-educated people vote?


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

F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

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

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In general, which of the following factors contributes to higher voting rates?


A) Greater geographic mobility
B) Higher education level
C) Minority status
D) Youth
E) Less competitive race

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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