POSC 100 Study Guide Ricardo Salas

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POSC 100 Study Guide Ricardo
Salas

• Part 4
• Assignment 21

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Notice

• Dear students
• The odd-numbered questions are answered for
  you. The answers to the even-numbered questions
  are the result of your readings. This is to
  assure that you are understanding the material.
  Good luck!

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Assignment 21
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Political Participation Voting

• T or F Questions (7)
• Multiple Choice questions (9)
• Fill-in Questions (2)

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True or False Questions

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True or False

• 1/7
• Voter turnout in U.S. elections is high in
  comparison with that of other democratic nations.

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Answer

• 1/7
• False

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True or False

• 2/7
• The United States, in keeping with its
  individualistic culture, is one of the few
  democracies in which registration is the
  individual's responsibility.

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Answer

• 2/7

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True or False

• 3/7
• Those states with a tradition of lenient
  registration laws generally have lower voter
  turnout levels compared to those states that are
  more restrictive.

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Answer

• 3/7
• False

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True or False

• 4/7
• Similar to the United States, in other
  democracies it is the primary elections that
  select the party nominees.

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Answer

• 4/7

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True or False

• 5/7
• According to Patterson, the frequency of U.S.
  elections increases turnout by assuring that
  American democracy is better represented.

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Answer

• 5/7
• False

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True or False

• 6/7
• Americans voted at a much lower rate in 2000
  than they did in 2004, making the 2000 election
  more typical of recent presidential elections.

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Answer

• 6/7

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True or False

• 7/7
• Low-income citizens in Europe have a voter
  turnout rate similar to low-income citizens of
  the United States.

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Answer

• 7/7
• False

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Multiple Choice Questions

• The following questions are multiple choices.
  Select the most appropriate answer.

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1/9

• Most Americans make a sharp distinction
  between their personal lives and national life
  which
• a) reduces their incentive to participate
  politically
• b) increases the likelihood that citizens
  with lower levels
• of education will participate politically
• c) enhances their self-righteousness
• d) discourages the wealthy from helping the
  poor.

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Answer

• 1/9
• a

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2/9

• He was noted for saying that a man could lose
  his right to vote if his jackass died
• a) George Washington
• b) Ben Franklin
• c) Thomas Paine
• d) Aaron Burr

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Answer

• 2/9

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3/9

• Women did not secure the right to vote until
• 1920, with the ratification of the following
• amendment
• a) 18th b) 19th c) 20th d)
  21st

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Answer

• 3/9
• b

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4/9

• Why is the disparity in voter turnout between
  the
• United States and other Western democracies not
• as great as voting rates indicate?
• a) Some nations calculate turnout solely on the
  basis of
• eligible adults
• b) the United States calculates voter turnout
  among
• eligible voters, excluding noncitizens
• c) the fact is most Western democracies pay
  their citizens
• to vote
• d) in Western Europe, anyone not voting on
  election day
• is subject to a serious fine and possible
  imprisonment.

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Answer

• 4/9

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5/9

• Which of the following states have lenient
• registration laws that allow people to
• register at their polling place on election day?
• a) Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire
• b) California, Florida, Wisconsin
• c) Arizona, Mississippi, Wyoming
• d) Alaska, Georgia, North Carolina.

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Answer

• 5/9
• a

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6/9

• What methods are applied in most European
  countries that increase voter participation
  rates?
• a) They have more frequent elections
• b) They schedule elections on Sunday or
  declare a
• national holiday
• c) They pay their citizens to vote
• d) They have "thugs" and "bullies" coerce
  partisans to
• vote.

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Answer

• 6/9

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7/9

• A general lack of concern with politics
• a) narcissism b) apathy
• c) utopian d)
  fatalism

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Answer

• 7/9
• b

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8/9

• The following refers to the belief that
  citizens are obliged to participate in public
  affairs
• a) personal honor b)
  patriotism
• c) civic duty d)
  nationalism.

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Answer

• 8/9

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9/9

• The sense of personal powerlessness that
  includes the notion that government does not care
  about the opinions of people like oneself
• a) endearment b)
  estrangement
• c) isolation
  d) alienation.

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Answer

• 9/9
• d

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Fill-in Questions

• The following questions have missing critical
  words. Fill in the most appropriate missing word.

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1/2

• According to Patterson, what could be the
  reasons for the relatively low voter turnout
  rates in the United States?
• a) ______________ requirements,
• b) ___________ of elections,
• c) the lack of clearcut _____________ between
  the
• _________ ________.

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Answer

• 1/2
• Registration
• Frequency
• differences, political parties

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2/2

• How do registration laws serve to limit voter
• participation in the United States?
• a) Some states make it more difficult for
  citizens to
• _________ to vote.
• b) Registration periods and locations usually
  are not
• highly ___________.
• c) In most states, a citizen must establish
  ________
• ___________ by living in the same place
  for a
• minimum period, usually _________ days,
  before
• becoming eligible to vote.

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Answer

• 2/2

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pgs. 179-182
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Party GovernmentE.E. Schattschneider

• True or False
• 1/2
• The hopes of the Framers of the Constitution in
• dealing with factions (parties) is based on the
• assumption that such organizations would exhaust
• themselves in a futile attempt to fight their way
• through the American system of government.

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Answer

• 1/2
• True

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2/2

• In the opinion of Madison, argues
  Schattschneider, parties are intrinsically good,
  and assist the government organize itself more
  efficiently.

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Answer

• 2/2

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Multiple Choice Questions

• 1/3
• What is the proparty aspect of the
• Constitution?
• a) the right to due process found in the 5th
  Amendment
• b) the right to agitate and to organize found
  in the 1st
• Amendment
• c) the right to be protected against cruel and
  unusual
• punishment found in the 8th Amendment
• d) the right against self-incrimination found
  in the 5th
• Amendment.

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Answer

• 1/3
• b

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2/3

• Schattschneider argues that
• a) rarely, if ever, can government destroy
  interest
• groups
• b) people have conflicting interests and
  nothing else
• c) in the democratic process, the nation
  moves from
• controversy to agreement, to
  forgetfulness
• d) powerful factions are inhibited in their
  pursuit of
• special interests.

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Answer

• 2/3

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3/3

• What is meant by the law of imperfect
  political mobilization?
• a) Every individual focuses only on his own
  self interest
• b) Every individual is torn by a diversity
  of his own
• interests
• c) Because of the multiplicity of interest
  groups, people
• come away too confused to pursue any
  interest
• d) The more resources become dispersed
  throughout
• society, the larger the number of
  interest groups in
• society.

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Answer

• 3/3
• b

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Fill In Questions

• 1/1 When evaluating interest groups,
• Schattschneider argues
• a) there are many interests, including a great
  body of
• ________ interests,
• b) that the government pursues a multiplicity of
  policies and
• _________ and __________ interests in the
  process
• c) that each ___________ is capable of having
  many
• interests
• d) that interests cannot be mobilized
  ___________, and
• e) that conflicts among interests are not
  cumulative, it seems
• reasonable to suppose that the government is
  not the
• ________ of blind forces from which there is
  no escape.

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Answer

• 1/1
• a) common
• b) creates, destroys
• c) individual
• d) perfectly
• e) captive

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