Sufferin' suffrage!
Political Participation
Factors Affecting Opinion
The Political Spectrum
The Mystery Bucket
100
The history of voting in America is the history of the expansion of which of the following?
a. Civil Rights
b. Suffrage
c. Poll Taxes
d. Liberty
a. Civil Rights / b. Suffrage
100
Which of the following is an example of political participation?
a) watching television news
b) staying home on Election Day
c) reading the newspaper
d) writing to your representative
d) writing to your representative
100
Which of the following may be important to Midwestern farmers?
a) school funding
b) affirmative action
c) farm subsidies
d) environmental legislation
c) farm subsidies
100
Political scientists use political models to describe which of the following?
a) political spectrum
b) political climate
c) political opinion
d) political shift
c) political opinion
100
In scientific opinion polling, a random sample is used to avoid which of the following?
a) confusion
b) questions
c) bias
d) push polling
c) bias
200
What did the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution change about voting?
It gave the vote to women.
200
Demographic factors may influence our political participation. What is a demographic factor?
a personal characteristic
200
Which of the following may be important to married people with children?
a) school funding
b) affirmative action
c) farm subsidies
d) environmental legislation
a) school funding
200
What is the traditional linear model of the political spectrum based on?
change
200
The first day of winter is also the shortest day of the year. What is the name for this event?
The Winter Solstice
Dec 21
300
What has it meant to extend "enfranchisement" in the United States mean?
Giving more people the vote
300
The idea of political efficacy means that people will vote if they believe which of the following?
a) It doesn't matter who wins.
b) The election is already decided.
c) Their vote can make a difference.
d) Their neighbors agree with them.
c) Their vote can make a difference.
300
Which of the following may be important to minorities?
a) school funding
b) affirmative action
c) farm subsidies
d) environmental legislation
b) affirmative action
300
Which political position is found on the far right of the traditional political spectrum?
reactionary
300
Which term describes a situation in which Democrats and Republicans cooperate to support common goals?
bipartisanship
400
What did the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution change about voting?
It prohibited poll taxes.
400
Give an example of an error that could make a poll unscientific.
Push polling, straw polling, biased sampling
400
A person from New York City and one from Butte, Montana, might have different political opinions due to what major factor?
Region
400
A Federalist would support a...
Strong central government
400
December is the last month of the year, but its name comes from the Latin word decem, meaning "ten."
Why?
Back in Roman times, the calendar only had ten months and began with March and ending in December!
The winter period was not even assigned months because it was not an active time for military, agriculture, or civil life.
500
In 1872, who cast an illegal vote to prove that women were citizens?
Susan B. Anthony
500
Why did the Literary Digest misjudge the 1936 election?
because of sampling error
500
Which term applies to the process by which our political attitudes are formed by our environment?
political socialization
500
Why did the Literary Digest misjudge the 1936 election?
because of sampling error
500
What does "December" have that all of the other months don't have?
The letter D