Government Chapter 4 Review

What did extending the franchise in the United States mean?

• holding more elections

• holding more opinion polls

• giving fewer people the vote

• giving more people the vote

What did the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution change about voting?

• It gave the vote to 18- to 20-year-old citizens.

• It gave the vote to women.

• It prohibited poll taxes.

• It gave the vote to freed slaves.

What did Susan B. Anthony do in 1872 to advance women's suffrage?

• She wrote a book about women's rights.

• She supported the Democratic candidate for president.

• She cast an illegal vote.

• She made a speech at a women's rights convention in Seneca Falls.

Which of the following is not a way to affect political change?

• staying home on Election Day

• supporting a party

• collecting signatures on a petition

• writing to your representative

Demographic factors may influence our political participation. What is a demographic factor?

• a personal characteristic

• a personal choice

• a political decision

• a kind of poll

The idea of political efficacy means that people will vote if they believe which of the following?

• It doesn't matter who wins.

• The election is already decided.

• Their vote can make a difference.

• Their neighbors agree with them.

Which demographic group is correctly matched with its issue?

• religious people - environmental legislation

• Midwesterners - farm subsidies

• single parents - affirmative action

• All are matched correctly.

An evangelical Sunday school teacher and a rabbi who live in the same neighborhood might have different political opinions due to what major demographic factor?

• marital status

• region

• ethnicity

• religion

Which term applies to the process by which our political attitudes are formed by our environment?

• political diversity

• political socialization

• political demography

• random factors

What term applies to a graphic used to describe a political reality?

• political demographic

• political poll

• political plot

• political model