AP GOV UNIT 5: CH.13

1. Which of the following describes the person most likely to vote,

based on the demographic characteristics?

• A. A twenty-five-year-old white male, with a high school diploma

• B. A sixty-five-year-old Hispanic female, with a PhD

• C. A thirty-five-year-old African American male, with a bachelor’s

  degree

• D. An eighteen-year-old white female, entering college

2. Which of the following is the most accurate measure of voter

turnout?

• A. The percentage of those registered who vote

• B. The percentage of the total population that votes

• C. The percentage of the voting-age population that votes

• D. The percentage of those living in a country who vote

3. Which of the following best describes the viewpoint in the cartoon?

• A. It is unreasonable to ask voters to present identification.

• B. Voting is similar to renting a movie or going to a bar and should

  require an ID.

• C. Voter ID laws make it too difficult for people to exercise their

  right to vote.

• D. Voter ID laws are an attempt to prevent fraud at the polls.

4. A critic of the cartoon would make which of the following political

arguments?

• A. Unlike renting a movie or going to a bar, voting is an important

  political right that should not be restricted through ID laws.

• B. Voter ID laws are an infringement on the basic right of privacy.

• C. If a form of identification is acceptable to travel or go to a bar, it

  should be acceptable for voting.

• D. Voter identification laws are a reasonable way to prevent fraud.

5. Which of the following best describes a trend shown in the graph?

• A. Turnout in all federal elections is usually below 50 percent.

• B. Turnout is lower in midterm congressional elections than in

  presidential elections.

• C. Turnout in presidential elections decreased every year from 1992

  to 2008.

• D. Turnout in midterm congressional elections is more unpredictable

  than turnout in presidential elections.

Allowing corporate influence to flow unfettered into federal

campaigns will only undermine the confidence the American people

have in their government, and serve only to stack the deck further in

favor of special interests at the expense of hardworking Americans.

—Senator Michael Bennet (D.-Colorado)

6. The quote refers to which of the following?

• A. The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002

• B. Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

• C. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

• D. The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

Allowing corporate influence to flow unfettered into federal

campaigns will only undermine the confidence the American people

have in their government, and serve only to stack the deck further in

favor of special interests at the expense of hardworking Americans.

—Senator Michael Bennet (D.-Colorado)

7. A critic of the quote would make which of the following arguments?

• A. The First Amendment protects the right of individuals to

  participate in the political process.

• B. Corporations and labor unions should not be considered as persons

  protected under the Bill of Rights.

• C. Advertising is expensive, and candidates need large donations in

  order to conduct their campaigns.

• D. The First Amendment protects all political speech, including

  campaign spending by groups.

8. Which of the following is an argument that the Electoral College

favors small states?

• A. Small states have at least three votes in the Electoral College, and

  this gives them influence disproportionate to their populations.

• B. Small states are often the deciding factor in presidential elections,

  and candidates focus on them more than on large states.

• C. Large states, like California and Texas, are easy to predict, so they

  have little impact on the outcome of presidential elections.

• D. Voter turnout is very high in small states, making them more

  important than large states.

9. Which of the following is an argument that the Electoral College

favors large states?

• A. Candidates focus on the swing states and battleground states that

  have the most votes in the Electoral College.

• B. Candidates focus on all large states because they have the most

  votes in the Electoral College.

• C. It is easier to win a majority of votes in large states than in small

  states because people most people in large states live in cities.

• D. Large states are overrepresented in comparison with their

  populations because large states have a lot of members in the

  House of Representatives.

10. Which of the following best describes the viewpoint in the cartoon?

• A. Spending by Super PACs has too much influence on Supreme

  Court decisions.

• B. Super PAC spending is a threat to representative democracy.

• C. Super PACs have become so big that they will collapse under their

  own weight.

• D. Citizens have as much power as Super PACs because they have

  the ability to choose policymakers.