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American Government Final Review Set 6
Test Description: American Government Final Review Set 6
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1) Which has been a trend in the history of American voting rights?
A
more and more people granted suffrage
B
higher and higher voter turnouts
C
fewer and fewer people granted suffrage
D
higher and higher minimum voting age
2) Which voting requirement was the first to be eliminated?
A
poll tax
B
property ownership
C
race
D
gender
3) Which did the Framers of the Constitution allow to set suffrage qualifications?
A
the states
B
the federal government
C
local governments
D
a council of lawyers
4) Which federal law passed in 1993 was intended to make voter registration easier?
A
Voting Rights Act
B
Motor Voter Law
C
Civil Rights Act
D
24th Amendment
5) Which is a reason why states have voter registration?
A
to protect the voting rights of aliens and transients
B
so political parties can contact voters at election time
C
to keep people from voting more than once
D
so states can enforce laws that require citizens to vote
6) Which once kept certain groups of voters such as African Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos from voting?
A
purging
B
literacy tests
C
residency requirements
D
age requirements
7) What are preclearance requirements supposed to prevent?
A
voting more than once
B
white primaries
C
the purging of poll books
D
unfair changes in voting laws
8) Which is an example of political socialization?
A
Tired voters do not complete their ballots.
B
Family members vote for the same political party.
C
Voters avoid less important, off-year elections.
D
Voting is too complicated, so people avoid it.
9) When people register to vote, which question must they answer?
A
Do you understand the Bill of Rights?
B
What is your religion?
C
Have you paid your property taxes?
D
How long have you lived at your current address?
10) Which kind of election can be expected to generate the lowest voter turnout?
A
a presidential election
B
a statewide election for governor
C
a local election for district attorney
D
an off-year election
11) Which describes a typical nonvoter?
A
unmarried, young, and unskilled
B
married and living in the South
C
religious, educated, and unemployed
D
married and living in the Midwest
12) Which describes typical independent voters?
A
Catholics and Jews who used to be Democrats
B
well-informed, educated people younger than the average voter
C
well-informed, uneducated people mostly from southern states
D
people with strong party identification
13) Which person would not meet the universal requirements for voting?
A
a 21-year-old legal resident who does not belong to a political party
B
a 21-year-old without a job who has lived in a state for three months
C
an 18-year-old legal resident who doesn’t know the issues or candidates
D
a 17-year-old with a job who has lived in a state for one week
14) Which type of voting often results from strong loyalty to a political party?
A
independent voting
B
political voting
C
split-ticket voting
D
straight-ticket voting
15) Today, every State requires potential voters to satisfy qualifications based on citizenship, residence, and
A
property ownership.
B
literacy.
C
race.
D
age.
16) The main criticism of the registration requirement for voting is that it
A
promotes election fraud.
B
is a waste of taxpayer money.
C
does not provide enough protection against election fraud.
D
tends to disenfranchise the poor and less educated.
17) Which of the following tactics did many States once use to disenfranchise African American voters?
A
literacy tests
B
purging
C
“motor voter” laws
D
age requirements
18) For which office are more votes regularly cast than for any other?
A
governor
B
President
C
U.S. representative
D
mayor or county commissioner
19) All of the following are universal qualifications for voting in the United States except
A
age.
B
residence.
C
membership in a political party.
D
citizenship.
20) Which of the following situations describes a legal restriction on voting?
A
Tamar is not allowed to vote because she does not speak English.
B
Bobbi is not allowed to vote because she is a patient in a mental institution.
C
Dave and Amy are not allowed to vote in a school board election because they do not have children.
D
Marcus cannot vote in a city bond election because he does not own taxable property.
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