Fall 2016 Triad J POLS Exam 2

Which nonprofit institutions maintain a lobbying presence?

When did President Lyndon Johnson introduce the affirmative action

What is the name of the period of intensely partisan voters lined up in strong parties

The first step in determining who will hold any office is…

Litigation is an example of ____?

The equal rights amendment was ratified?

When did the court start treating affirmative action as a violation of equal protection?

Interest groups are also referred to as a “special group”

Contributions to campaigns are limited by which of the following

Which of the following is not a type of interest group?

Who receives patronage?

What is the set-up of the congressional campaign committees?

What ethnic groups show the most voter turnout?

Which of these does the national nominating convention not do

Which amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections

Which elections have the highest turnout?

Gender- based classifications can be motivated by factors other than…?

Which country has a socialist government?

An election strategy that relies on getting a candidate’s supporters to the polls is called?

An _____ of citizens selected by the states would choose the president

Younger citizens tend to be more involved in voting and politics than older citizens

A _____ puts on the ballot a proposed policy or an amendment to the state's constitution

What is political participation?

What consist of a party’s elected officials in congress, state legislates, and executive?

10 yrs after brown v board of education, what percentage of blacks attended school with whites?

Who wrote the opinion in Brown v Board Education?

What is the highest voter turnout amongst ethnic groups

What is the oldest political party in the world?

Which is the largest group of U.S citizens that cannot vote.

What events or people helped The Civil Rights Movement?

What date is Super Tuesday?

The conflict between the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists marks the period of the ___

Which country is a multi-party system?

The most important factor in the road to nomination is all of the following EXCEPT

What did African Americans change their political identifications to?

What was the name of the movement to grant women the right to vote?

In 2011, what was the total lobbying spending?

All of the factors that affect voters' choices come together in the political campaign

State governments have a …

Which group do public goods not exist for?

What percentage is Texas when it comes to unions?

How many major provisions did the Civil Rights Act have

Which group has the fewest financial resources?

The high an individual’s income level is the more likely he or she is to vote

What might happen if there were no interest groups at all in the U.S.?

Which supreme court ruling established the “separate but equal” doctrine

What did the progressive movement put an end to?

In caucus states who nominate the candidates?

Why was the court decision of Brown vs. Board of Education so important tominorities?

What is a characteristic people usually don't look at when choosing a presidential canidate?

What does the abbreviation ERA stand for?

What does AMA stand for?

Citizen groups are seen more as campaigning for the general good rather than their own interest

What are selective benefits?

The age group that has the most voter turnout is…

________ is routine behavior that occurs within the regularly instituted processes of democracy

Party polarization accentuates __________ aspect of the opposing candidate.

Post-Civil war laws that perpetuated discrimination against African Americans were called the?

What is it called when states try to get their primaries at the front of the lineup

What two major provisions did the Voting Rights Act contain?

What parties does the two-system part consist of?

What political party did Thomas Jefferson & James Madison form

which is not a major provision of the civil rights act?

What is the most basic way citizens participate in democracies

What does Gerrymandering rely on?

What clause was the Brown v. Board Education (1954)?

What is a major type of a third-party?

The difficulty of actually getting out to vote is an obstacle for many American voters

Who can vote?

What is a multiparty system?

Which party do African Americans tend to vote for?

Which two types of tactics do interest groups employ?

Party organizations…

In what year did women receive the right to vote?

Which is NOT a type of interest group?

How late in the year do the primaries run through?

Which age gap has the highest voter participation

Mobilization involves systematically energizing large numbers of people to act together?

Interest groups tend to represent the concerns of who?

Most world democracies are…

Single-Member-District, Plurality system has affected politics because it generally helps...

Proponents of slavery generally embraced ___________ rights

Group of people organized to influence government policies is known as a

Which associations/groups give their members selective benefits?

What voting age is the least?

In the _______ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., adopted techniques of the civil rights movement?

Which is not a structure of how parties are organized?

The equal pay act was signed in what year?

What state do the primary elections traditionally start with?

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

What country is a one-party system?

Section 3 gave congress the power to enforce the amendment through legislation

A majority of organizations spend most of their time _____

A rational basis test is a test that deals with classifications based on gender.

What was the NAACP devoted to and when was it formed

Each Senator is…

What is a political consultant?

what year was the "birth of the organized women's rights movement" in the US?

What law did President Obama sign in 2009

The majority of South America uses which kind of electoral system

Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in confederate states when he issued the

What is one major reason why voter turnout is low?

Which system does the United States use for its presidential elections/congressional elections?

What consists of all citizens who have a tie to the party and participate in election?

The Seneca Falls Convention is often viewed as the birth of the organized womens right movement

the struggle for Civil Rights was NOT based on

Why was the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act passed?

Party________ is how the voters who identify themselves to a specific political party.

What supreme court case overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine?

During which presidency had the lowest voter turn out

In the Brown v. Board of education what was the case divided into?

Attack ads are meant to help someones opponent

The United States is a…

Members of the House of Representatives are elected every _____ years

What is the lasting change produced by a critical election called?

What country has a one-person party?

What year did Supreme Court revisit the issue of affirmative action?

Which amendments are the Civil War amendments, which laid the groundwork for equal rights?

Are the green parties a big influence on the votes?

Conservative southern Democrats agreed more with _________ on issues

Prior to 1972 how did parties choose their presidential candidate

Which Act outlawed literacy tests at voting sites?

Producer interest are always easier than consumer interests to organize due to?

Why does the U.S. have a two party system?

The group opposing Hamilton's idea of a centralized national bank were called the ____.

Since what year has the Democratic and Republican party had a virtual monoply in the U.S.?

National committees oversee day-to-day business of…

What is a purpose of a political party?

Liberal Republicans shared many interests with what political party?

Which is not an Incumbents advantages

What does the National Committee do?

How old do you have to be to vote?

What is the Democratic view on abortion

In a study of 55 countries, America was ranked 6th for what?

What positive effects does an electoral college give?

In 2005 the growth of interest groups sailed to?

Congressional district conventions