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WorksheetsUnit 2 Political Participation
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 19mins
Voting rights have __________ over time.
Increased
Decreased
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
17th
How do Political Action Committees (PACs) influence government?
advising the President
staffing Congressional offices
financially supporting causes and campaigns
sending written summaries of cases to the Supreme Court
In the country's first election, most voters were:
White men with property
Adults over the age of 18
Literacy tests were designed to:
Inform voters of the issues
Prevent black voters from voting
Voter ID Laws
Deter Americans from voting
Make it easier to vote
Are the same in every state
Do not create voter disenfranchisement
The data shows, that mail in voting has been increasing and increased the most in 2020. Some reasons could be that...
The pandemic deterred people from voting in person
Voting day is on a Tuesday and it's possible people couldn't get off of work
There were not enough polling places in the area for them to vote
The last few times they went to vote, the lines were really long
Voter purge means
To clean voter rolls by deleting names from registration lists
When their vote is deleted because a political party does not approve
When you vote by mail and your ballot is lost
When an individual wants to take their vote back
Your name can be purged if your name is not the same on government issued documents.
True
False
What are agencies of socialization?
The Department of American Socialization (DAS)
The Agencies for Social and Economic development
The family, school, religion and other social institutions that transmit values from one generation to the next
All the above
Which socialization factor is the first to influence the political attitudes of individuals?
Family
The President
Elementary school teacher
Sesame Street
What does the data show?
Political Socialization
Voter Turnout
Political Polarization
Voter Dis-enfranchisement
Alex is concerned about certain harmful chemicals in the water supply. There is a big power plant a few miles away and he worries about what kinds of chemicals it might be putting into the air and water. He sits down at his computer to email his representatives in Congress about his concerns, and thinks a lot more should be done to make sure more restrictions are put on those kinds of plants.
Conservative
Liberal
Libertarian
Lisa thinks that a same sex couple would be just as good parents if they both loved the child as a heterosexual couple. She thinks that family values includes having two loving parents for a child and therefore states should allow same sex couples to adopt children without regard to their sexuality.
Conservative
Liberal
Libertarian
Rick strongly favors the use of medical marijuana to help ease the pain of some cancer patients. He is angry at the federal government overriding the law his state passed and thinks the issue should be decided at the state and even local level.
(more than 2 answers)
Conservative
Liberal
Libertarian
Phil believes that people who are able to work should get jobs, and if they choose not to, they should not expect to get assistance from the rest of society, and especially not from the government which is too involved in our lives anyway.
Conservative
Liberal
Libertarian
All federal taxes should be the same % for rich or poor. This is called the flat tax system and would reduce the amount government can spend on programs
Democrats
Republicans
Increasing Political Polarization can cause
Government systems to become more inefficient because of less compromise
People to feel more extremely about their beliefs
Division in community
Increasingly ideologically different positions
Open Primaries have more voters because
People are more open to voting
They have more choices in where they can vote
They can vote without being registered to a political party
Closed primaries and open primaries look the same
More people vote in general elections
True
False
Citizens United vs FEC DECREASED regulations and decreased spending on campaigns
True
False
SuperPAC spending in the last year has increase due to...
Decreases in regulations
Increased FEC oversight
Increased political polarization
They're "Supersizing" donations
Most Special Interest Groups
increase political participation
exclusively spend money on one political party
Represent a majority of Americans
Are experts in their field
What is this political cartoon trying to say?
Special interest groups have the right amount of influence
There are too many special interest groups
Special Interest groups can dominate politics
Americans feel represented by the special interest groups
The best way to study for this assessment is to
Write
Write more about what you know and the connections that can be made
Look at the notes and say "Yeah I know this"
RE-write your explanations
