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    This document contains a review sheet for a US government quiz 3. It lists key terms related to voting rights, political systems, and elections in the US. It also provides questions about voting trends, methods to increase voter turnout, the history of expanding voting rights, the impact of demographic shifts on politics, the importance of voting, methods of voter suppression, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Shelby v. Holder case, and political parties in the US.

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    Quiz3ReviewSheet

    Terms:
    Americanpoliticalculture
    Politicalsocialization
    Congressionalreapportionment
    minoritymajority
    compulsoryvoting
    voteradviceapplications
    15thamendment
    VotingRightsActof1965
    preclearanceprovision
    Shelbyv.Holder
    (2013)
    literacytests
    polltaxes
    grandfatherclause
    VoterIDlaws
    gerrymandering
    twopartysystem
    multipartysystem
    singlepartysystem
    primaryelection
    winnertakesallelectoralsystem
    thirdparties

    Questions:
    WhatarethegeneraltrendsregardingwhovotesintheUS(andwhodoesnt)?
    WhatsuggestionshavebeenputforthtoincreasevoterturnoutintheUS,particularlyamongyoung
    people?
    ie.InhisTEDtalk,HowtogetyoungpeopletovotewhatfivepoliciesdoesRickEdwardspropose?
    InwhatstagesofU.S.historywerevotingrightsexpanded/obtainedbyincreasingnumbersofAmericans?
    Inwhatwaysarerecentdemographicshiftssuchasthepredictedminoritymajority,regionalpopulation
    shifts,andthegrayingofAmericaalteringpolitics?
    Whyisitsoimportantthatcitizensinademocraticnationexercisetheirrighttovote?
    ExplainsomeofthemethodsofvotersuppressionusedpriortotheVotingRightsActof1965andsomeof
    themethodsthathavebeenusedSINCEthepreclearanceprovisionwasrepealedin2013.
    WhatdidtheVotingRightsActof1965legislate?Whywasitnecessary?Why1965?Andfinally,how
    effectivewasthelegislation?
    Whataretheargumentsinfavorandinoppositiontothe2013Shelbyv.Holdercase,whichrepealedthe
    preclearanceprovisionoftheVotingRightsAct?
    HowdoestheVotingRightsAdvancementAct,abillproposedinCongressearlierthisyear,attemptto
    addresstheconcernsofthosewhowhofeelgreaterfederalregulation/oversightofvotingisnecessary?
    Inwhatwaysdoesthemassnewsmediashapepublicopinion?
    WhyhavemanyAmericansbeencriticalofmediacoverageintheperiodleadingtothewarinIraq?
    ExplainwhymanyearlyAmericanpoliticalleaderswereskeptical(atbest)ofpoliticalparties.
    Inwhatwayscanitbearguedthatpoliticalpartiesenhancedemocracy?
    Whataretheprimaryfunctionsofpoliticalparties?
    WhydidatwopartysystemdevelopintheUS?Whyisitdifficultforthirdpartiestosurviveorgain
    significantinfluenceinourtwopartysystem?

    Howcanthirdpartiesbeinfluentialinatwopartysystem
    ?

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