American Government Chapters 8 and 9 Test

Voting-age population refers to...

• those who are registered to vote.

• those who are eligible to vote and are the minimum age to vote.

• those who are ineligible to vote and are the minimum age to vote.

• those who have voted at least once in the past 20 years.

Motor-voter laws have to do with...

• losing one's right to vote because of too many speeding tickets.

• registering to vote when applying for a driver's license.

• registering to vote while driving.

• voting more than once per person in an election.

Low rates of voter participation could be indicative of...

• general satisfaction with the state of the economy

• general dissatisfaction with the state of the country

• general satisfaction with the state of country.

• general dissatisfaction with the state of the economy

The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution:

• abolition of slavery

• right to bear arms

• cannot deny the right to vote on the basis of race, color, or prior servitude

• gave women the right to vote

Two main ways that were used to keep black people from voting in the past were...

• the literacy test and the fake ballot

• the poll tax and the police

• the poll tax and the literacy test

• the literacy test and the color chart

The white primary means that...

• blacks were kept from voting through arbitrary registration requirements and intimidation.

• blacks were allowed to vote only in run-off elections and presidential elections.

• blacks were only allowed to vote if their ancestors had not been enslaved.

• blacks were allowed to vote if they were more that 1/2 white.

What amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 15th

• 23rd

• 19th

• 14th

An activist is

• only votes in elections but does nothing else.

• someone who actively participates in politics

• rarely ever votes

• disdains all political activities

Voter apathy means that...

• voter turnout is always near 100%.

• many do not care to vote at all.

• many vote in every election.

• many only vote for the president.

Democrats are the more _______ party in the US.

• conservative

• liberal

• libertarian

• fiscally responsible