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Chapter 6: Political Participation: Carry That Weight
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. By its nature, a representative democracy requires ______.
a. construction
b. restriction
c. action
d. division
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Representatives act in the space of government to enact ______.
a. their personal agendas
b. their constituents’ concerns
c. the president’s policies
d. their party’s platform
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Political participation is composed of the different ways in which individuals take action to shape the ______.
a. results of local political elections
b. lives and actions of their leaders
c. laws and policies of a government
d. consequences of their decisions
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Voting, volunteering, protesting, and organizing are all examples of ______.
a. civic action
b. political participation
c. civil dissonance
d. partisan activity
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Why was James Madison such a proponent of voting?
a. Madison enjoyed the thrill of electioneering.
b. He believed the people’s voice should be heard and respected.
c. Only a small percentage of white men were eligible to vote in his time.
d. Voting served as a counterweight to the dangers of faction.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Amanda Collins claimed the right of herself and others to ______.
a. place signs around campus protesting date rape
b. organize a political action group to stop sexual predators
c. protest against campus based domestic violence
d. legally carry firearms on college and university campuses
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Which of the following organizations backed Amanda Collins in her fight for concealed weapons on college campuses?
a. NRA
b. NOW
c. NSA
d. NBC
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. In its ”strong women fight back” video, the Leadership Institute called for viewers to ______.
a. organize protest marches
b. establish a phone bank
c. invite other "like-minded groups”
d. actively engage their elected representatives
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Because of the efforts of Amanda Collins and other CCW activists, more than ______ state legislatures in 2018 were considering changing their state laws to allow for CCW on college campuses.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 10
d. 12
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Which of the following states had passed laws allowing concealed carrying of weapons on college campuses as of 2016?
a. New Mexico
b. Arizona
c. New York
d. Texas
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. In a recent study by the Harvard School of Public Health, researchers ______.
a. advocated for carrying guns on college campuses
b. challenged the effectiveness of self-defense gun use
c. advocated for open-carry gun use in public buildings
d. found that self-defense gun use is an effective deterrent to crime
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Which of the following is a view shared by both supporters and opponents of concealed carrying of weapons laws?
a. The American higher education system is failing students with its handling of sexual assault cases.
b. The use of concealed weapons in off-campus situations is appropriate.
c. Concealed weapons may sometimes act as a deterrent to violent crime on- and off-campus.
d. Higher education leaders have made inroads in handling cases of campus violence and sexual assault.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Besides using legal action to force campuses to address sexual assault incidents, how did Landen Gambill use political participation to call attention to her concerns?
a. She organized active protests against concealed carrying of weapons on campus.
b. She called for others to organize against sexual assault on campus.
c. She petitioned lawmakers to prohibit concealed carrying of weapons on campus.
d. She used organizations like the NRA to publicize and advocate for her concerns regarding sexual assaults on college campuses.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Civic engagement can best be defined as working to ______.
a. change and implement new laws in order to impact a society
b. impact society by exercising the right to vote in open elections
c. influence governmental decision makers through direct action
d. improve society through political and nonpolitical activities
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Political Participation Can Take Many Forms
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. Voting and supporting candidates are considered part of what category of political participation?
a. inside electoral processes
b. outside political processes
c. inside political processes
d. outside electoral processes
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Political Participation Can Take Many Forms
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Joining a group and contacting elected officials are both considered ______.
a. inside electoral processes
b. inside political processes
c. outside electoral processes
d. outside political processes
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Political Participation Can Take Many Forms
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Which of the following would be considered electoral participation?
a. conducting a “get out the vote” campaign in order to increase voter turnout
b. contacting candidates in order to gain support for a desired law
c. creating a student organization to protest sexual violence on campus
d. organizing a midnight vigil and campus march to protest date rape
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Political Participation Can Take Many Forms
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. An organization such as Black Lives Matter is an example of what form of political participation?
a. voting
b. candidate support
c. a social movement
d. elected official contact
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Political Participation Can Take Many Forms
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. The NRA donates millions of dollars to political campaigns annually. This is an example of ______.
a. voter activation
b. candidate support
c. group influence
d. elected official contact
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Political Participation Can Take Many Forms
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. A group of individuals that comes together to make social or political changes and to place issues and ideas on the political agenda would best be described as a ______.
a. political ideology
b. social movement
c. electoral organization
d. nonelectoral campaign
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Political Participation Can Take Many Forms
Difficulty Level: Easy
21. The shared purpose of social movements and individual actions is to ______.
a. influence the actions of decision makers
b. directly impact public voting patterns
c. make their voices heard in the political process
d. influence the actions of large groups of politicians
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Political Participation Can Take Many Forms
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Why principally would people decide not to act in the political process in the United States?
a. Political participation is frowned upon by political elites.
b. There are a lack of media through which to act in this country.
c. They think their political ideas would cause them to lose their job.
d. They feel that action may not lead to real change.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Americans’ Civic Engagement Can be Fluid
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. In 2014, slightly less than ______ of voting-age Americans showed up at the polls.
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Voting and Not Voting
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. According to recent election data, the number of eligible voters who chose to participate in the national elections increased from 36% in 2014 to 58% in 2016. This data could be used as evidence of an increase in which of the following?
a. voter turnout
b. political participation
c. civic responsibility
d. social activity
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Voting and Not Voting
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. On what basis did Anthony Downs consider the decision not to vote a rational one?
a. financial cost and physical effort
b. time commitment and intellectual effort
c. intellectual effort and financial cost
d. physical effort and time commitment
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Voting and Not Voting
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. According to Anthony Downs, voting is ______.
a. a rational act because each vote will make a difference in an election result
b. a rational act because voting is easy to do
c. a rational act because the benefits of voting are enormous
d. an irrational act because any one vote is not a decisive one
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Voting and Not Voting
Difficulty Level: Hard
27. In addition to the time and effort involved, what other factor is cited by many experts when arguing for the rationality of not voting?
a. the small chance any one person’s vote will be decisive in any election
b. the divisiveness of many political campaigns today
c. the level of "noise” in the message of politicians who seek office
d. the overall level of distrust and the potential for abusing the public interest
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Voting and Not Voting
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. Which of the following describes the current turnout trend the best?
a. The turnout rate in the 2014 midterm elections was above 50%.
b. Turnout rates have continuously increased in the last three decades.
c. Turnout rates in presidential elections are higher than those for midterm elections.
d. The turnout rate in the United States is one of the highest among democratic countries in the world.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Voting and Not Voting; Election-Specific Factors Also Affect Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Hard
29. Based on 2015 electoral participation rates, the United States was ranked ______ in comparison to other democratic nations.
a. toward the top
b. in the middle
c. toward the bottom
d. none of these
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Practicing Political Science: Comparing American Voter Turnout with That of Other Nations
Difficulty Level: Easy
30. When comparing voter turnout as a percentage of registered voters, the United States ranks ______.
a. well below most other OECD nations
b. well above most other OECD nations
c. along with or above most other OECD nations
d. none of these
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Practicing Political Science: Comparing American Voter Turnout with That of Other Nations
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. Institutional factors to voting are ______.
a. shaped by laws and procedures surrounding the election process
b. dependent upon the particulars of a specific election
c. centered upon the characteristics of potential voters
d. aimed at holding political candidates accountable for their actions
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Individual Factors Shape Electoral Participation
Difficulty Level: Medium
32. The measure that captures an individual’s wealth, income, occupation, and educational attainment is best defined as ______.
d. sociopathic tendency
a. socioeconomic status
b. sociopolitical determination
c. socioethnic affiliation
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Socioeconomic Status and Educational Attainment
Difficulty Level: Easy
33. Which of the following is a clear and consistent pattern in electoral participation?
a. Little correlation exists between socioeconomic status and electoral behavior.
b. No correlation exists between socioeconomic status and electoral behavior.
c. A high degree of correlation exists between socioeconomic status and electoral behavior.
d. Socioeconomic status and electoral behavior are negatively correlated.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Socioeconomic Status and Educational Attainment
Difficulty Level: Hard
34. Which of the following is considered the most important contributor to an individual’s socioeconomic status?
a. personal wealth
b. occupation
c. education
d. past electoral experiences
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Socioeconomic Status and Educational Attainment
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. A person’s belief that he/she can make effective political change is defined as ______.
a. political competence
b. political involvement
c. political interest
d. political efficacy
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Political Efficacy
Difficulty Level: Easy
36. Which of the following groups is least likely to vote in a national election?
a. 65+
b. 50–65
c. 35–49
d. 18–34
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Age
Difficulty Level: Easy
37. The turnout rate for voting-age Americans is highly correlated with which of the following?
a. degree of political interest
b. racial and ethnic identity
c. degree of political controversy
d. effectiveness of political campaigns
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Racial and Ethnic Identities
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. Which of the following ethnic groups is least likely to vote?
a. Anglo Americans
b. African Americans
c. mixed-race Americans
d. Latina and Latino Americans
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Racial and Ethnic Identities
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. Since the presidential election of 1980, which of the following voting trends is most accurate?
a. The voter turnout rates of ethnic Americans have consistently risen.
b. Education has had a diminishing impact on election turnout rates.
c. Socioeconomic status has had little if any impact on voter turnout.
d. Women have voted at a slightly higher rate than men.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender
Difficulty Level: Easy
40. The largest percentage of difference between the voting patterns of men and women are seen in which of the following ethnicities?
a. Anglo
b. African American
c. Latina/Latino
d. mixed ethnicity
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Gender
Difficulty Level: Medium
41. Besides ethnicity, differences in voter turnout in recent elections between men and women are also connected with ______.
a. wealth
b. age
c. marital status
d. political efficacy
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender
Difficulty Level: Medium
42. Which of the following is the best example of political mobilization?
a. an individual who starts a national political movement
b. a local group that plans and organizes a series of political marches
c. The National Democratic Party establishes moveon.org in order to register young voters.
d. The NRA creates a commercial supporting concealed weapons on college campuses.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Partisan Attachment
Difficulty Level: Easy
43. Political mobilization efforts are divided into which of the following two categories?
a. direct and indirect
b. local and national
c. individual and group
d. active and neutral
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Partisan Attachment
Difficulty Level: Easy
44. Which constitutional amendment gave individuals 18 and over the right to vote?
a. 15th
b. 19th
c. 21st
d. 26th
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Easy
45. Voting actually involves which of the following two actions?
a. actual attendance and voter participation
b. political decision and specific voter action
c. voter registration and casting the ballot
d. partisan choice and voter participation
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Medium
46. Which of the following groups would most likely be considered voting-eligible?
a. those who have not established residency
b. undocumented Americans
c. those convicted of serious felonies
d. U.S. residents 18 years or older
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Medium
47. Which of the following best defines suffrage?
a. the right to vote
b. the requirement to register
c. partisan political activity
d. nonpartisan political action
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Easy
48. Which of the following groups is most likely to be disenfranchised by residency requirements?
a. those who have lived less than one year in a location
b. college students living in on-campus dorms
c. homeless individuals who may lack documentation
d. elderly residents with long-established home ownership
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Medium
49. An individual is prohibited from registering to vote because he/she was convicted of a serious crime. This is an example of ______.
a. suffrage requirements
b. illegal disenfranchisement
c. potential voter fraud
d. felon disenfranchisement
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Medium
50. Rules that are established at the federal and state levels in order to govern who can vote and how, when, and where they vote are categorized as ______.
a. registration requirements
b. felon disenfranchisement
c. disenfranchisement actions
d. voter identification laws
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Easy
51. What percentage of states require a photo identification in order to vote?
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 16%
d. 20%
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factos Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Easy
52. National political and congressional elections are, by tradition, held on ______.
a. the fifteenth of November
b. the second Monday following the first Tuesday in November
c. the first Tuesday following the second Monday in November
d. the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Hard
53. Votes completed and submitted by a voter prior to the day of an election are best described as ______ ballots.
a. preferential
b. absentee
c. emergency
d. provisional
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Easy
54. In order to lessen the “cost” of voting, some reformers have recommended holding national elections ______.
a. on the first day of November
b. only in the summer months when most people are on vacation
c. on weekends or by declaring Election Day a national holiday
d. online so as to better accommodate time and travel costs
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Medium
55. The national law that allows someone to register to vote while getting or renewing their driver’s license has been nicknamed the ______ law
a. “motor-voter”
b. “turnout-burnout”
c. “disabled enabled”
d. “rocket-ballot”
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Easy
56. Ballot roll-off refers to a situation in which voters ______.
a. fail to attend the polls on election day
b. show up at the polls but are turned off by long lines
c. start the voting process but fail to complete the ballot
d. complete the ballot without making informed decisions
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Election-Specific Factors Also Affect Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Easy
57. Because of ballot roll-off, votes in which of the following races are likely to be fewest on a ballot, all else being equal?
a. city councilman
b. senator
c. president of the United States
d. governor
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Election-Specific Factors Also Affect Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Easy
58. Which of the following best describes the primary cause of ballot roll-off?
a. incomplete knowledge of candidates
b. overwhelming partisan voter cues
c. failure to meet voter registration requirements
d. lack of partisan affiliation
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Election-Specific Factors Also Affect Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Medium
59. According to data presented in your textbook, voter turnout is likely to be highest for ______.
a. congressional elections
b. mayoral elections
c. statewide elections
d. presidential elections
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Election-Specific Factors Also Affect Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Medium
60. In which of the following ways did Emma Sulkowicz convert her private experiences into public political action?
a. through voter activation
b. by circulating petitions around campus
c. through direct candidate support
d. through nontraditional political protest
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Personal and Public Protest Catalyzes Change
Difficulty Level: Medium
61. At its earliest stages, Emma Sulkowicz’s Carry That Weight project could best be classified as a(n) ______.
a. group-based political networking activity
b. individual act of political protest
c. social media–based campaign of education
d. nationwide voter-activation project
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: A Personal and Public Protest Catalyzes Change
Difficulty Level: Medium
62. The Carry That Weight protest about ______ at ______.
a. academic freedom; Southern Illinois University
b. sexual assault; Columbia University
c. gun violence; Florida State University
d. free speech; Furman University
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Personal and Public Protest Catalyzes Change
Difficulty Level: Easy
63. What objects did Emma Sulkowicz and other students carry in response to sexual violence on college campuses?
a. guns
b. bookcases
c. mattresses
d. signs
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Personal and Public Protest Catalyzes Change
Difficulty Level: Easy
64. In its immediate response to the Carry That Weight activities of Emma Sulkowicz and others, Columbia University chose to ______.
a. charge students up to $1,500 in "cleanup fees” for damages
b. conduct dismissal hearings for the students involved
c. investigate student charges of sexual violence on campus
d. disenroll all students suspected of committing sexual violence on campus
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A Personal and Public Protest Catalyzes Change
Difficulty Level: Easy
65. Which of the following best describes the political impact of the Carry That Weight project?
a. Students who protested were prosecuted for unlawful assembly, with no further action taken.
b. Columbia University was investigated by the U.S. Department of Education.
c. Elected officials took notice and introduced proposed legislation aimed at curbing sexual violence.
d. No action was taken by any elected official, and the entire matter was put to rest by the university.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Elected Officials Take Action
Difficulty Level: Medium
66. In February 2015, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and 11 other senators introduced which of the following pieces of legislation as an immediate result of the Carry That Weight movement?
a. the Sexual Violence on Campus Act
b. the Campus Accountability and Safety Act
c. the Student Domestic Violence Act
d. the Date Rape on Campus Act
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Elected Officials Take Action
Difficulty Level: Medium
67. According to Senator McCaskill, colleges and universities that fail to respond to sexual assault complaints on their campuses are in violation of ______.
a. the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
b. the Discrimination Clause of the Civil Rights Act of 1972
c. Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1972
d. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Survivors Engage the Political Process through Title IX
Difficulty Level: Medium
68. The subject of sexual assault on campuses surfaced on the national stage in September 2014 when President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced the formation of a national campaign on the issue called ______.
a. Carry That Weight
b. Stop the Madness
c. All Lives Matter
d. It’s On Us
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Debate Reaches the Highest Levels of Government
Difficulty Level: Medium
69. A strategy that calls for campus-wide education in the areas of domestic violence and sexual assault and the action of individuals to diffuse potentially violent or abusive situations is known as ______.
a. bystander intervention
b. organizational education
c. action-based inclusion
d. group-wide attention
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Individuals Organize to Teach Others How to Personally Intervene in Campus Sexual Assaults
Difficulty Level: Easy
70. Which off the following is central to the strategies of the Green Dot movement?
a. legislation and intercession
b. intervention and policy change
c. action and commitment
d. education and intervention
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Individuals Organize to Teach Others How to Personally Intervene in Campus Sexual Assaults
Difficulty Level: Easy
71. According to at least one political science professor, the decline of young-adult voting can best be attributed to ______.
a. the belief that young voters have no stake in the outcome of elections
b. the rise of partisan politics in electoral campaigns
c. a lack of basic civic education at the high school and college level
d. a desire to silently protest the lack of effective ballot choices
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.5: Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young-adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?
Difficulty Level: Medium
72. The nation’s largest living generation of potential voters belongs to ______.
a. senior citizens
b. millennials
c. children of the sixties
d. middle-aged voters
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.5: Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young-adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?
Difficulty Level: Medium
73. According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, young-adult Americans today are ______.
a. racially diverse and relatively unattached to organized politics
b. attracted to partisan politics and voting in higher numbers
c. poorly educated and lacking political competence
d. highly organized and motivated toward nontraditional civic engagement
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.5: Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young-adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?
Difficulty Level: Medium
74. Half of the millennials surveyed in a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center self-identified as ______.
a. Democrats
b. Republicans
c. Libertarians
d. political independents
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.5: Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young-adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?
Difficulty Level: Easy
75. Recent data shows that young-adult voters are becoming ______.
a. less involved in political matters and lack political knowledge
b. highly involved in nontraditional political participation
c. more involved in traditional electoral politics
d. decreasingly involved in group or social political movements
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.5: Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young-adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?
Difficulty Level: Medium
76. Many political experts believe young people are increasingly choosing to protest because they ______.
a. wish to get electorally and politically connected
b. feel that they lack political power
c. see it as a way of increasing civic engagement
d. wish to influence the outcome of electoral campaigns
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.5: Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young-adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?
Difficulty Level: Medium
77. According to political scientist Russell J. Dalton, the current challenge for American democracy is ______.
a. improving civic education and political involvement so as to better prepare young-adult voters for the political and electoral process
b. convincing young adults to carry on the political traditions of their elders so as to carry on the democratic process
c. understanding the changing values and norms of young-adult voters and integrating them into the political process
d. revising governmental policies, procedures, and institutions in order to better account for the current lack of civic engagement
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.5: Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young-adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. In a representative democracy, governments are charged with enacting citizen concerns and preferences into laws and policies
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Americans have a tradition of high levels of electoral participation.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Institutional voting factors can often act as barriers to voting.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Introduction
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. The call of individuals like Amanda Collins, who fought for the right to carry a concealed weapon on her college campus, have NOT been converted into state or national law.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Landen Gambill circulated a petition to multiple state legislatures arguing against allowing campus carry policies.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Organizing large group efforts and social movements would be considered outside electoral processes.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.2: Describe the traditional and nontraditional forms of political participation in American representative democracy.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Political Participation Can Take Many Forms
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. A key factor in determining voter participation is a person’s socioeconomic status (SES).
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Socioeconomic Status and Educational Attainment
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Emma Sulkowicz’s Carry that Weight campaign saw little political impact beyond the campus of Columbia University
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Elected Officials Take Action
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. College policies and actions in response to sexual assault and domestic violence on college campuses are specifically addressed in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Survivors Engage the Political Process through Title IX
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Voter turnout among young adults is the lowest since 1971.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.5: Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young-adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer
1. The most important contributor to the measure of an individual’s socioeconomic status and one of the most important determinants in a person’s decision to vote is his/her level of ______.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Socioeconomic Status and Educational Attainment
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. A person’s belief that he/she can make effective political change is called ______.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Political Efficacy
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Political actions that are organized by members of American political parties to activate voting and encourage members to activate voting in others are described as ______.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Partisan Attachment
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. The denial of voting privileges to those who have been convicted of a serious crime is best described as ______.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. The 1993 National Voter Registration Act is more commonly known as the ______.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Legal and Institutional Factors Enable and Constrain Voter Turnout
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. One of the largest bystander intervention initiatives to combat sexual assault on higher educational campuses is ______.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Individuals Organize to Teach Others How to Personally Intervene in Campus Sexual Assaults
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. Describe the key strategies and methods used by Amanda Collins, Landen Gambill, and Emma Sulkowicz in order to get their political agendas recognized and converted into law or policy and analyze the effectiveness of their political actions.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.1: Consider the many forms of political participation that individuals may undertake and the ways in which participation on one issue may also involve actions on other issues. | 6.4: Consider the ways in which acting in one space may lead others to act as well, including elected representatives.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Two Perspectives on Campus Carry of Firearms in Response to Sexual Violence on College Campuses. | Another Response to Campus Sexual Violence Highlights the Fluidity of Participation
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Discuss factors and barriers the impact American voting behavior and their effect on voter turnout rates in the United States.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Voting and Not Voting
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. How do partisan political parties go about affecting the behavior of American voters?
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Partisan Attachment
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. What does data provided in the textbook tell us about voting behavior by ethnicity, age, and gender? Who is more apt to vote in each of these categories? Who is least likely to vote? Why?
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify individual, legal, and election-specific factors affecting voter turnout.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Individual Factors Shape Electoral Participation
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Based on arguments provided in the textbook, are young-adult Americans truly disconnected in the political process? Discuss both traditional nontraditional methods of political participation in your answer.
TOP: Learning Outcome: Describe the roles and relative importance of major entities and influences in American political life.
KEY: Learning Objective: 6.5: Evaluate the ways in which political participation by young-adult Americans may challenge traditional assumptions.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Are Young Adult Americans Really Disconnected from the Political Process?
Difficulty Level: Hard
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