Unit 2: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs

Unit 2 Final Exam Review: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs

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Political Socialization

The process through which a person acquires knowledge, a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about the political system and other political issues

Multiple Choice

The Founders expected public opinion to be uniform.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Most young people accept their parents' party identification.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Younger voters tend to have a stronger sense of partisanship than older voters.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Women tend to favor more federal spending for welfare programs and problems of the homeless more than men.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Early academic studies of public opinion found voters were generally informed about issues and governmental processes.

• True

• False

Open Ended

List reasons why most people are not informed or involved in politics.

Multiple Choice

Over the past twenty years, registering to vote has become more difficult.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Voter fraud today is more prevalent than in the nineteenth century and helps explain some of the reasons for declining voter turnout.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Poll taxes and literacy tests were methods used to keep African Americans from voting.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The motor-voter law has allowed a lot of people to register easily, but without much impact on election results.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In the United States, voter turnout is heavily skewed toward higher-status persons: those in managerial, professional or other white-collar occupations.

• True

• False

THE END

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