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US Government Unit 6 Test

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lack of interest

No sense of political efficacy

Ballot fatigue

Those issues are reasons for what?

a)

why people vote

b)

reason people vote democrat

c)

reason people vote for third parties

d)

reasons for not voting

2.

Which level of government is responsible for running elections?

a)

the states

b)

federal

c)

concurrent

d)

all of the above

3.

Which of the following would be the best policy proposal to help lower income people increase their voting percentage?

a)

Reduce the number of voting machines in low income neighborhoods.

b)

providing free education from K - 12

c)

Making election day a national holiday so low-income people would not have to miss a day of work to vote

d)

Enacting stricter voter ID laws to ensure fraud doesn’t exist.

4.

"The impeachment of Trump doesn't matter to me because he's the Republican candidate, and I always vote Republican" would be an example of:

a)

Retrospective voting

b)

Prospective voting

c)

Party-line voting

d)

Rational choice

5.

"I'm going to vote for Bernie Sanders in the primary because I think he has the best plan to help me with my student loan debt" would be an example of:

a)

Retrospective voting

b)

Prospective voting

c)

Party-line voting

d)

Rational choice

6.

"Nancy Pelosi's leadership in the House has been awful, I will vote Republican because of it" would be an example of:

a)

Retrospective voting

b)

Prospective voting

c)

Party-line voting

d)

Rational choice

7.

"I'm voting for Joe Biden because he gives me hope that we will be able to unify our country and begin to get things done across party lines" would be an example of:

a)

Retrospective voting

b)

Prospective voting

c)

Party-line voting

d)

Rational choice

8.

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

17th

9.

Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

23rd

b)

18th

c)

21st

d)

19th

10.

Which Amendment abolished poll taxes?

a)

21st

b)

22nd

c)

23rd

d)

24th

11.

Which of the following was NOT banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

a)

Motor voter laws

b)

Grandfather Clauses

c)

Literacy Tests

d)

Poll taxes

12.

Which Amendment gave 18-20 year olds the right to vote?

a)

23rd

b)

26th

c)

27th

d)

25th

13.

What did the Motor Voter Act do?

a)

It requires you to renew your driver's license in order to vote.

b)

It requires states to transport you to the polls on election day.

c)

It requires states to let you register to vote when you apply for or renew your driver's license.

d)

It requires you to have a state ID to vote.

14.

Gabriel Sarwan only votes for political candidates whose platforms directly benefit the profitability of his small business.


This voting behavior can best be characterized by which of the following models?

a)

Retrospective voting

b)

Prospective voting

c)

Party-line voting

d)

Rational choice voting

15.

Teddy Flood lives in Texas and is voting in the 2018 election. When he gets to the ballot box, he decides to do straight-ticket voting, in which he checks one box to cast a ballot for every candidate from the Democratic party.


Which model of voting behavior does this best represent?

a)

Retrospective voting

b)

Prospective voting

c)

Party-line voting

d)

Rational choice voting

16.

Selina voted for Senator Bruce Wayne (D-NY) in 2008 and was unhappy with his performance in office because he didn’t fix the economy. So in the 2014 midterm elections, Selina decides to vote for Barbara Kean, a Republican candidate.


Which model of voting behavior does this best represent?

a)

Retrospective voting

b)

Prospective voting

c)

Party-line voting

d)

Rational choice voting

17.

Which election in the United States has the highest voter turnout?

a)

Federal elections

b)

State elections

c)

Local elections

d)

Presidential election

18.

What is political efficacy?

a)

The belief that your vote counts

b)

The belief that voting is a civic duty

c)

The belief that voting is a waste of time

d)

The belief that politicians are corrupt

19.

All of the following are linkage institutions except for

a)

Congress

b)

elections

c)

political parties

d)

media

e)

interest groups

20.
The official statement of a party's policy goals, released as party of the national party convention, is known as
a)
grassroots organization
b)
the party in the electorate
c)
the party platform
d)
the party pyramid
21.
Outlawed literacy tests and put states with low voter turnout on the watch of the Justice Department.
a)
Motor Voter Law
b)
24th
c)
26th
d)
Voting Rights Act (1965)
22.
Voter turnout in the US is normally
a)
100%
b)
more than 50%
c)
less than 60%
d)
less than 25%%