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| Actions by which private citizens seeks to influence or support government and politics |
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| Unconventional Participation |
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Challenges existing government channels or institutions, violates principles or beliefs of the dominant culture, maybe effective for those who have been otherwise excluded from participation in a democratic polity, normally used by non-voter groups
NOT TRUE that unconventional participation always involves working outside the rules of democratic politics |
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| What is a conventional form of political participation? |
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| Writing letters to public officials |
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| What is the first known act of unconventional participation in America? |
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| What movement was responsible for creating the largest occurence of fundamental changes in the American political system? |
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| Direct Action includes... |
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| a citizens group appearing before the city council seeking change in an ordinance |
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| What is an example of influencing behavior? |
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| Taking a case to court in order to change a law or policy |
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| According to a comparative study of political behavior in five countries, Americans have... |
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| the lowest voting level, but a high likelihood of participating in other ways |
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| Which amendment prohibits states from denying the right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude" |
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| Which amendment gave women the right to vote? |
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| The philosophy of political reform that trusted the goodness of people and distrusted special interests and political institutions |
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| procedure by which votes can place an issue before the legislature or on a public ballot |
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| What are characteristics associated with a nonvoter? |
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| low education, low income, and being relatively young |
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| Which reforms might increase voter turnout in the United States? |
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Making Election Day a national holiday
Extending the voting period
Making it easy to cast absentee ballots |
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| Why did Congress and the states move quickly to pass the 26th amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18? |
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| hoped to channel student energy away from demonstrations and toward more conventional forms of participation |
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| Which qualification for voting was eliminated in all states by the 1850s? |
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| A local government's city council votes to locate a prison parole work release center next to an affluent neighborhood. The neighborhood appeared before the council opposing this actions. These citizens are part of the... |
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| Voting rights were initially restricted to.. |
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| white, male property holders over 21 |
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| Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections |
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| The Supreme Court held that poll taxes were unconstitutional. |
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| The process of enfranchising African Americans had what impact on American Federalism? |
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| It made the national government, rather than the states, the guarantor of voting rights |
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| The last major expansion of suffrage in the US involved the criterion of... |
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| What is the country with the lowest voting turnout among eligible voters? |
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| Voter registration laws in the US... |
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| A political party's primary purpose is to... |
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| run candidates from their party for office |
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| Most theorists agree that a one-party democracy is... |
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| A distinguishing fact about the Democratic Party is that it... |
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| can claim to be the oldest political party in existence. |
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| Where in the Constitution are parties discussed? |
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| Which Amendment provided for election of President and VP on the same ticket? |
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| Today's Republican Party was founded in what year? |
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| The first critical election took place in the contest between... |
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| Lincoln, Breckinridge, Bell, and Douglas |
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| The term "Solid South" refers to.. |
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| South's consistent Democratic voting record for much of the 20th century |
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| The current political makeup of the United States is best described as a(n)... |
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| Almost equal balance among Democrats, Republicans, and independents |
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| What principles are part of the responsible party government model? |
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The winning party should carry out its programs once in office, parties should present clear and coherent programs to voters, voters should hold the governing party responsible at the next election for executing its programs, voters should choose candidates on the basis of party programs
NOT legislatures should be responsive to their constituents, even if doing so means voting against their party's program |
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