Unit 5 Review

What lowered the voting age to 18?

• 19th amendment

• 26th amendment

• Voting rights act of 1965

• 22nd amendment

• 17th amendment

Only voters who register as members of a political party may vote in that party’s primary. What is this called?

• Open Primary

• Closed Primary

• Party Primary

• General Primary

Of the following, which best predicts the likelihood that citizens will vote?

• Religion

• Gender

• Education level

• Race

Which of the following best accounts for the lack of success generally encountered by minor political parties in

electing members to the House or Senate

• Political action committee (PAC) contributions are restricted by law to the two major parties.

• Some states outlaw minor political parties.

• The public has great faith in the two major political parties.

• House and Senate rules exclude members of minor parties from organizing coalitions with the major parties.

• General elections in the United States are based on the winner-take-all principle.

Which is the most common form of political participation?

• Donating to PACs

• Voting in local elections

• Voting in presidential elections

• Donating to non-profits

What is the purpose of motor voter laws?

• increase voter turnout by providing transportation to polls for people without cars

• increase voter registration

• prevent states from using literacy requirements for voting

• allow sixteen year olds to vote if they have a valid driver’s license

• Increase the rate of those registered to drive

What is political efficacy ?

• A person's belief in how effective the government works

• a person's belief in how much their vote matters

• a person's belief in the validity of the government

• a person's belief in how much trust to put in the government

One of the best strategies that interest groups can use to achieve their goals is

• using the judiciary to invalidate federal legislation

• running candidates for office

• encouraging states to use their Tenth Amendment rights and ignore federal law

• lobbying members of Congress to make small changes in existing policy

Political parties care about particular and narrow interests

• True

• False

Which one of these is NOT part of the iron triangle?

• Administrative agency

• Cabinet department

• interest group

• congressional committee