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Document Analysis Sheet dbq packet answer key. Directions: Read and/or analyze all the documents in the DBQ. After you have read and analyzed the entire document, answer the questions in the space... provided below. Background Essay Questions 1.) What are three reasons why voting is important to democracy? 2.) What are three ways that voter turnout might be increased? 3.) What is compulsory voting? 4.) Define the following terms: a. Electorate: b. Consent of the governed: c. Legitimacy: d. Registration: e. Compulsory: Document A 1.) What country has had compulsory voting the longest? 2.) What are the possible consequences to someone who doesn’t vote in Peru? 3.) How can this document be used to argue for requiring people to vote? 4.) How can this document be used to argue against requiring people to vote? Document B 1.) In 2004, what was the difference in voter turnout percentage between people who had some college or a bachelor’s degree and people who did not have a high school diploma? 2.) What can you conclude about the relationship between how much education a person has and the likelihood that person will vote? 3.) In 2004, what was the difference in voter turnout percentage between people ages 18-29 and people ages 60 and over? 4.) What can you conclude about the relationship between a person’s age and the likelihood that person will vote? 5.) How can you use this chart to argue for compulsory voting? 6.) How can you use this chart to argue against compulsory voting? Document C 1.) What office did John W. Dean hold? 2.) To what does John Dean compare compulsory voting to? 3.) Does the author place greater value on civic duty (what a citizen must do) or liberty (freedom)? 4.) How can this document be used to support compulsory voting? 5.) How can this document be used to argue against compulsory voting? Document D 1.) What does “Potemkin façade” mean? 2.) How does the author compare compulsory voting to Potemkin façade? 3.) Why does the author say he’s opposed to compulsory voting? 4.) In this example, does the author place greater value on civic duty (those things a citizen must do) or on liberty (freedom)? 5.) How can this document be used to argue for compulsory voting? 6.) How can this document be used to argue against compulsory voting? Document E 1.) What evidence can you identify that shows that voting is compulsory in Peru? 2.) What are some components of compulsory voting system in Peru? 3.) Based on what President Carter reports, does the election seem fair? 4.) How can you use this document to argue for compulsory voting? 5.) How can you use this document to argue against compulsory voting? Document F 1.) In the quote, why does the author support compulsory voting?. 2.) What is the connection between the year of the quote and Document A? Why is that year significant? 3.) In the cartoon, what does the father of the student learn when he comes to vote? 4.) What is the cartoonist saying about the importance of voting? 5.) How could you use this document to argue that the cartoonist supports compulsory voting? 6.) How could you use this document to argue that the cartoonist opposes compulsory voting? Document G 1.) From what newspaper does this column come? 2.) What does “simultaneously” mean?. 3.) How could you use this quote to argue for compulsory voting? 4.) How could you use this quote to argue against compulsory voting? Pre-Planning Worksheet [Show More]

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