AP United States Government!& Politics Chapter 8: Political Participation Directions: Simply identify and describe the important terms, places, events, and people listed below. A Close Look at Nonvoting political participation
Nineteenth Amendment
Twenty-Third Amendment
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
VAP (and examples)
VEP
registered voters
“no fault” absentee voting
Motor-voter law
GOTV
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 8: Political Participation
Rise of the American Electorate franchise
Fifteenth Amendment
literacy test
poll tax
grandfather clause
Smith v. Allwright
white primary
Voting Rights Act of 1965
George Wallace
Voting Rights Act of 1970
Australian ballot
Which of the following statements about U.S. voter participation in presidential elections is correct? a. It increased sharply after the suffrage rights of women, blacks, and youths were protected. b. It has remained steady since at least the 1950s. c. It has declined since the latter part of the 1900s. d. It rose steadily throughout the first half of the 1900s but has recently declined. e. It has risen steadily since the campaign of Ralph Nader. AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 8: Political Participation
Who Participates in Politics? Verba and Nie
inactive
activists
voting specialists
campaigners
communalists
parochial participants
impact of religion
It has long been argued that universal voter turnout would strongly benefit a. third party candidates. b. Republican candidates. c. Democratic candidates. d. Libertarian candidates. e. Conservative candidates. Rates of political participation tend to be higher among those who a. are employed. b. have gone to college. c. are white. d. are black as opposed to being Hispanic. e. All of the above are true.
AP United States Government & Politics Chapter 8: Political Participation