AP US Gov't & Politics Unit 4 Review

What is most common form of political participation ?

• voting
• protesting
• running for office
• debating

An organized group of people who share similar political views and work to influence government

• platform
• third party
• political party
• candidate

Which function criticizes and scrutinizes the actions of the other political party?

• watchdog
• nominating
• governing

The reason most nonvoters do not vote

• they are too ill
• they are too busy
• they feel their vote will not matter
• they are not U.S. Citizens

a direct vote in which an entire people are asked to vote on a particular proposal created by state law makers

• Referendum
• Intiative
• Recall
• Primary

An election where anyone of any political party affiliation may vote to select a candidate for a particular party

• open primary
• closed primary
• open general
• closed general

a procedure that allows citizens to remove and replace a public official before the end of a term of office

• referendum
• recall
• initiative
• primar

In order to to be eligible to vote you must

• be at least 18 years old
• register
• be a U.S. citizen
• all of the above!

Voting for candidates of different parties

• Split ticket voting
• Party Voting
• Personal Following

Citizens shall not be denied the right to vote by states or the United States, "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 19th