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