Unit Four Review

Match the following

• The Voting Rights Act

• A formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands or by voice.

• Propaganda

• This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting

• Vote

• A person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators

• Lobbyist 

•  The use of a variety of communication techniques that create an emotional appeal to accept a particular belief or opinion.

Which role of political parties in the process of government is the MOST significant?

• nominating candidates for political office

• selecting people for government committees

• giving citizens a role in writing new laws

• representing the population in the Electoral College

A political party is an association of voters

• with narrow common interests who want to elect candidates that share those interests

• with broad common interests who want to elect candidates that share those interests

• with broad common interests who want to elect candidates that do not share those interests

• with narrow common interests who want to nominate candidates that share in different interests

Rosa Parks became a key figure in US history in which of the following ways? 

• She was a key figure in the women's movement with her book, The Feminine Mystique

• She was a key figure in the civil rights movement for her participation in "sit ins"

• She was a key figure of the New Left for her stance on civil rights and the Vietnam War

• She was a key figure in the civil rights movement for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus

Which do you think is a responsibility of a US Citizen? 

• bailing a convicted criminal out of jail

• paying campaign funds to only 3rd party candidates

• voting

• paying taxes

Which aspect of American life was most challenged by the passage of the 19th Amendment?

• Organized religion

• Role of women

• Economic policy

• Opposition to segregation

If a candidate wins an election by getting more than half of the votes, he/she wins by:

• Plurality

• Coalition

• Majority

• Nomination

If a candidate receives more votes than any other candidate but still less than half, he/she has earned a:

• Plurality

• Coalition

• Majority

• Nomination 

The two-party system in the U.S. can be traced to an argument during the ratification of the Constitution. This argument took place between what two groups

• The Federalist and Anti-Federalist

• The Whigs and Democrats

• The Democrats and Republicans

• The Republicans and Whigs

A one-party system would most likely be found in which of the following countries?

• Italy

• Great Britain

• China

• The United States