How many waves of Immigration in the United States are there?
What is three
100
Define Demography
What is the science of population changes
100
True of False; Sampling error is the level of accuracy in the findings in a public opinion poll.
What is False; Sampling error is the level of confidence in the findings in a public opinion poll.
100
What is a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and suffer the consequences?
What is Civil Disobedience
100
Name Three of the Five ways to conventional participate is politics
What is
Voting in elections.
Working in campaigns or running for office.
Contacting elected officials.
Ringing doorbells for a petition.
Running for office.
200
Prior to the 19th century what was the first wave of Europeans in the United States?
What is Northwestern Europeans
200
Define Reapportionment
What is the redistribution of congressional seats among the states among the states every ten years, following the census.
200
True of False; Politicians use public opinion polls to determine how to craft their policy proposals so that they will win public support.
What is True; Politicians use public opinion polls to determine how to craft their policy proposals so that they will win public support.
200
Women are more likely to support Democratic candidates is known as?
What is Gender Gap
200
How is Protest in Participation beneficial?
What is designed to achieve policy changes through dramatic and unconventional tactics.
300
In the late 19th century and early 20th century what was the second wave of Immigration in the United States?
What is Southern and Eastern Europeans
300
Define Political Socialization
What is the process through which an individual acquires his or her own political orientations.
300
True or False; The most pervasive criticism of polling cause politicians to do nothing
What is False; The most pervasive criticism of polling cause politicians to craft messages to meet polls outcome.
300
The following are examples of what type of political participation: voting in elections, working in campaigns, running for office, contacting elected officials, ringing doorbells for a petition.
What is Conventional Participation
300
Define Civil Disobedience
What is reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences.
400
What is the Melting Pot?
What is the mixing of cultures, ideas, and peoples that has changed the American nation.
400
Define Public Opinion
What is the distribution of people’s beliefs about politics and policy issues
400
True of False; Much of America’s population growth since World War II has been centered in the West and North.
What is Much of America’s population growth since World War II has been centered in the West and South
400
What is this term- Citizens of higher socioeconomic status participating more than others; who gets what in politics depends on who participates?
What is Class-based Activity
400
Define Violence In Politics
What is riots and fighting
500
What is minority majority?
What is the emergence of a non-Caucasian majority.
500
Define Political ideology
What is a coherent set of values and beliefs about public policy
500
True or False; Social Security is a pay as-you-go system, which means that today’s workers pay the benefits for today’s retirees.
What is True; Social Security is a pay as-you-go system, which means that today’s workers pay the benefits for today’s retirees.
500
This method of polling ensures an equal probability of being selected for a sample
What is Random Sampling
500
Define Class-biased activity
What is citizens of higher socioeconomic status participating more than others