Ch. 7 Review

Unlike in many other democracies, elections in the United States are traditionally held on

As distinct from alienation, apathy is

In the United States, the primary responsibility for registration of the individual voter rests with the

Eighteen, nineteen, and twenty year-old Americans were granted the right to vote after

The frequency of elections in the United States reduces voter turnout by

The poll tax was used to

Women gained the right to vote

_____ holds more elections than any other democracy and is the only one to rely extensively on primary elections.

Political participation among Americans can best be described as a _____ activity.

When the nation was founded, who was eligible to vote?

What issue has done the most to bring young Americans to the voting booth in the twenty-first century?

Protest activity is an exception to the pattern for most other form of political participation in that it

One of the reasons why voter turnout is lower in the United States than in Western European countries is that

An original purpose of a system of voter registration was to

Compared with U.S. citizens of higher income, those of lower income are

Which group of Americans has the lowest rate of voter turnout?

Elections are

_____ elections tend to draw the largest percentage of voters.

Social movements are a way for

Regular voters are characterized by