E3 Test Review Flashcards
When the nation was founded, who was eligible to vote?
Only white people with properties
Literacy tests were used to?
Disenfranchise the African Americans in the South
African American men technically gained suffrage with the passage of the __ Amendment.
14th Amendment
Women gained the right to vote?
1920 or in the 20th century
Eighteen, nineteen, and twenty-one-year-old Americans were granted the right to vote by the passage of the ___ Amendment.
26th Amendment
In the United States, the primary responsibility for registration of the individual voter rests with the?
The Individual
Voter participation in the United States?
is lower than in nearly every other democracy.
States with the most restrictive voter registration laws also have?
turnout rates well below the national average.
___ elections tend to draw the largest percentage of voters in the U.S.
Presidential
The “motor voter” law?
was passed in 1993, made it easier for citizens to register to vote, linked voter registration to the vehicle registration process, linked voter registration to the public assistance application process, or all of the above
Voter registration in the United States?
began as a way of preventing voters from casting more than one ballot on election day.
Unlike other democracies, the United States?
Uses primaries to select political candidates
Which of the following countries has had the highest estimated voter turnout in recent national elections?
Belgium
Voter identification cards finds the most support among?
Republicans
Which of the following states had its voter ID law upheld by the Supreme Court despite the Court’s admission that the law was created with partisan institutions?
Indiana
The Tea Party’s key initial issue was?
opposition to high taxes.
The theory that society’s interests are most effectively represented through group action is?
Pluralist theory
Another name for an interest group is?
Pressure groups
The citizens of ____ have the largest number of organized interest groups at their disposal.
United States
In the 1830s, the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the “principle of ____” was nowhere more evident in America.
Association
The most numerous economic groups are?
Business groups
The dominant labor interest group is?
the AFL-CIO
Roughly how many American workers currently belong to unions?
One in six
A purposive incentive is defined as?
the opportunity to promote a worthwhile public cause.
Most lobbyists receive support from elected officials in direct exchange for?
Information
The situation in which individuals are tempted not to contribute to a cause because they will get the benefits even if they do not participate is called the?
Free-rider problem
Effective inside lobbying is based upon?
providing useful and persuasive information to key officials.
Which citizens’ group did a Fortune magazine survey rank as the nations most powerful lobbying group?
the AARP
Outside lobbying does not include? developing and maintaining close contacts with policymakers.
developing and maintaining close contacts with policymakers.
An amicus brief?
is a written document in which a group explains to a court its position on a legal dispute the court is handling
The largest number of PACs are those associated with?
Business
The term iron triangle refers to?
a small and informal but relatively stable set of bureaucrats, legislators, and lobbyists who are concerned with promoting a particular interest
The second-largest number of PACs are those associated with?
Single-issue groups, such as environmental groups and right-to- life groups
An informal grouping of officials, lobbyists, and policy specialists who come together temporarily around a policy problem is an?
An issue network
