Chapter 10 Extra Credit Review!!

In the United States what is an exercise of the constitutional principle of popular sovereignty?

• campaigns

• elections

• the people

• dictatorship

Who is unable to vote in a closed primary election?

• the people

• Republican

• independent

• Democrate

The most common way for a person to become a ________ for public office is through self-announcement.

• supreme court judge

• vice president

• voter

• candidate

Of the four types of elections, voter turnout is likely to be the _________ in a presidential election.

• greatest

• lowest

Of many racial and ethnic groups, African Americans benefited most from the _________ Rights Act of 1965.

• Equality

• Voting

• Civil

• Amendment

Televised debates and radio ads are examples of _________ approaches known as wholesale politics.

• voting

• candidate

• campaign

• presidential

A main criticism leveled against the ______________ system for electing presidents is that they are undemocratic.

• electoral college

• voting

• primary elections

• Iowa caucus

The main source of __________ for election campaigns is donations from individual citizens.

• ads

• funding

• support

• voting

The main purpose of the Reform Act of 2002, also known as the McCain-Feingold Act was to limit the use of soft money in campaigns.

• Voting

• Civil Rights

• Presidential Funding

• Bipartisan Campaign

The most likely reason for a donor to contribute to two ________ campaigns is to gain access to whichever candidate wins.

• opposing

• similar

• the same

• candidate