1. Ch 6: Voters and Voter Behavior
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Ch 6:
Voters and Voter Behavior

2. 1. To whom does the Constitution give the power to set suffrage qualifications?
A: Congress
B: the Justice Department
C: the States
D: the Supreme Court
Answer: C

3. 2. Which of the following allow new voters time to become familiar with local candidates?
A: literacy tests
B: citizenship requirements
C: age requirements
D: residency requirements
Answer: d

4. 3. What is the feeling of one’s ability to influence politics?
A: political efficacy
B: political socialization
C: transient
D: electorate
Answer: A

5. 4. What is the main reason for nonvoting?
A: Congress
B: the “time-zone fallout” problem
C: lack of interest
D: bad weather
Answer: C

6. 5. What is a provision of the Voting Rights Act of that requires prior approval by the Justice Department before election laws in certain States can be changed?
A: Gerrymandering
B: Injunction
C: Political Socialization
D: Preclearance
Answer: d

7. 6. Which of the following voters is most likely to practice split-ticket voting?
A: a party loyalist
B: a registered Republican
C: a registered Democrat
D: an independent
Answer: d

8. 7. The most recent expansion of the electorate involved:
A: eliminating the poll tax
B: lowering the minimum age for voting
C: abolishing literacy requirements
D: the enfranchisement of women
Answer: b

9. 8. Which Act changed voting requirements by banning the discriminatory use of registration requirements?
A: Voting Rights Act of 1965
B: Civil Rights Act of 1964
C: Civil Rights Act of 1960
D: Election Laws Act of 1968
Answer: b

10. 9. In 1920, Which Amendment changed the electorate by adding women suffrage?
A: 21st Amendment
B: 24th Amendment
C: 14th Amendment
D: 19th Amendment
Answer: d

11. 10. The United States Commission on Civil Rights was set up by which act of Congress?
A: The 26th Amendment
B: Civil Rights Act of 1960
C: Civil Rights Act of 1957
D: The 15th Amendment
Answer: c

12. 11. Which correctly describes the only group able to vote in 1789?
A: citizens that could read and write
B: citizens in the District of Columbia
C: white, male property owners
D: white and African American males in northern states
Answer: C

13. 12. 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 17 year old with a job who has lived in a state for one week.
C: A 21 year old without a job who has lived in a state for three months.
D: An 18 year old legal resident who doesn’t know the issues or candidates.
Answer: b

14. 13. Which amendment ended the poll tax as a requirement to vote?
A: 19th Amendment
B: 13th Amendment
C: 14th Amendment
D: 24th Amendment
Answer: d

15. 14. Which of the following is not a reason for nonvoting?
A: higher income
B: bad weather
C: lack of interest
D: long lines
Answer: a

16. 15. Which Act required preclearance to keep states from discriminating in election laws?
A: Voting Rights Act of 1965
B: Civil Rights Act of 1960
C: Election Laws Act of 1965
D: Voting Rights Act of 1968
Answer: a

17. 16. Which type of voting often results from strong loyalty to a political party?
A: political voting
B: straight-ticket voting
C: split-ticket voting
D: independent voting
Answer: b

18. 17. What does it mean to remove names of ineligible voters from voting lists?
A: party identification
B: injunction
C: preclearance
D: purge
Answer: d

19. 18. What is the Justice Department’s prior approval of changes to election laws called?
A: party identification
B: injunction
C: preclearance
D: purge
Answer: c

20. 19. What is a court order that limits a certain action?
A: party identification
B: injunction
C: preclearance
D: purge
Answer: b

21. 20. What word describes citizens who are not allowed to vote?
A: disenfranchised
B: franchise
C: preclearance
D: purge
Answer: a

22. 21. What is loyalty to a certain political party called?
A: party identification
B: injunction
C: preclearance
D: purge
Answer: a

23. 22. How are the differences in the way men and women vote described?
A: party identification
B: gender gap
C: injunction
D: literacy
Answer: b

24. 23. What is the congressional election between presidential elections years?
A: purge
B: injunction
C: independent
D: off-year election
Answer: d

25. 24. What is a person who does not belong to a political party?
A: independent
B: party identification
C: non-aligned
D: emancipated
ANSWER: A

26. 25. What occurs when a voter experiences a decrease in voting as they move down the ballot?
A: gerrymandering
B: political socialization
C: transient
D: ballot fatigue
Answer: d