Fall 2016 Triad J POLS Exam 2

The age group that has the most voter turnout is…

Prior to 1972 how did parties choose their presidential candidate

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

What voting age is the least?

Litigation is an example of ____?

Conservative southern Democrats agreed more with _________ on issues

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

What is the Democratic view on abortion

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

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

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

When did President Lyndon Johnson introduce the affirmative action

What state do the primary elections traditionally start with?

National committees oversee day-to-day business of…

Congressional district conventions

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

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

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

Each Senator is…

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

A majority of organizations spend most of their time _____

Which is not a structure of how parties are organized?

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

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

What positive effects does an electoral college give?

The equal rights amendment was ratified?

How late in the year do the primaries run through?

Which age gap has the highest voter participation

Why was the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act passed?

What was the NAACP devoted to and when was it formed

During which presidency had the lowest voter turn out

Party polarization accentuates __________ aspect of the opposing candidate.

Which amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections

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

Which party do African Americans tend to vote for?

What date is Super Tuesday?

What does Gerrymandering rely on?

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

What did the progressive movement put an end to?

What is political participation?

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

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

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

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

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

What ethnic groups show the most voter turnout?

Which country has a socialist government?

Which is NOT a type of interest group?

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

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

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

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

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

Which nonprofit institutions maintain a lobbying presence?

What country is a one-party system?

In caucus states who nominate the candidates?

What parties does the two-system part consist of?

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

Contributions to campaigns are limited by which of the following

Which group do public goods not exist for?

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

the struggle for Civil Rights was NOT based on

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

What does the National Committee do?

What percentage is Texas when it comes to unions?

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

The majority of South America uses which kind of electoral system

Which is not an Incumbents advantages

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

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

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

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

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

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

What does the abbreviation ERA stand for?

Which elections have the highest turnout?

Who receives patronage?

What is a purpose of a political party?

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

Which associations/groups give their members selective benefits?

What is a major type of a third-party?

Liberal Republicans shared many interests with what political party?

How many major provisions did the Civil Rights Act have

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

What did African Americans change their political identifications to?

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

What does AMA stand for?

Party organizations…

Members of the House of Representatives are elected every _____ years

Most world democracies are…

How old do you have to be to vote?

State governments have a …

In 2011, what was the total lobbying spending?

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

What political party did Thomas Jefferson & James Madison form

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

What law did President Obama sign in 2009

Which of these does the national nominating convention not do

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

Who can vote?

Attack ads are meant to help someones opponent

What events or people helped The Civil Rights Movement?

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

What is the most basic way citizens participate in democracies

Proponents of slavery generally embraced ___________ rights

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

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

What is a political consultant?

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

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

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

What is a multiparty system?

In 2005 the growth of interest groups sailed to?

Which group has the fewest financial resources?

The equal pay act was signed in what year?

Which Act outlawed literacy tests at voting sites?

In what year did women receive the right to vote?

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

Are the green parties a big influence on the votes?

What are selective benefits?

Which country is a multi-party system?

What is one major reason why voter turnout is low?

Interest groups tend to represent the concerns of who?

What is the highest voter turnout amongst ethnic groups

What is the oldest political party in the world?

What two major provisions did the Voting Rights Act contain?

The United States is a…

What country has a one-person party?

Who wrote the opinion in Brown v Board Education?

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

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

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

Which two types of tactics do interest groups employ?

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

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

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