Pierson Gov CH 6
Question
Answer
True or False: States require that any person wishing to vote must meet specific
qualifications for citizenship, age and residence. 148
True
The expansion of suffrage in the United States has been moved forward by _____
amendments acts
and civil right _____. 148
Today many states require that all voters be _____ of the U.S. and residents of the
citizens State
_____. 152
To prevent fraudulent voting, most States require voters to _____. 154
register
Voter turnout among 18-year-olds was higher immediately after passage of the
_____ _____, but then dropped significantly.154
26th Amendment
To make it easier to register to vote, Congress required States to allow voter
registration by _____. 155
mail
Literacy requirements were usually aimed at _____ groups. 156
minority
_____ tests worked to deny the right to vote to American Americans primarily
because they were asked questions that were more difficult than those asked of
white voters. 156
literacy
In the past, some States limited voting rights by charging a _____ _____. 157
poll tax
_____ is unfair because it sets district boundaries to decrease one group's voting
strength. 159
Gerrymandering
The provisions of the Voting Rights Act of _____ and its amendments apply to all
1965
national, State, and local elections. 161
The amendments to the 1965 Voting Rights Act covered other _____ groups,
required ballots to be printed in both English and the language of the minority
involved, eliminated all _____ qualifications. 163
literacy
Based on voter turnout statistics, it is clear that many people find voting for _____
President
more important than voting for members of Congress. 164
A person who votes in the presidential election but does not vote for a
congressional candidate in the same election is known as a _____ _____. 165
nonvoting voter
The phenomenon in which fewer votes are cast for offices farther down the ballot
fatigue
is called ballot _____. 165
People are more likely to vote when a contest between two candidates is _____.
167
close
In general, more of the electorate votes in general _____ elections. 168
federal
The process by which people formulate their political attitudes and opinions is
called _____ _____. 168
political socialization
The differences in voting patterns between men and women have been shown to
be _____ oriented. 169
issue
One factor that drew northern African Americans to the Republican Party before
the 1930s was its status as the party of _____ _____. 170
Abraham Lincoln
Would voters show the most support for a Democratic candidate for President in
rural Nebraska or Boston, Massachusetts? 170
Boston
The single most significant predictor of a person's partisan voting behavior is his
or her _____ identification. 171
party
As party identification has weakened the number of _____ has grown. 171
independents
Being a member of a nation or country and having full rights and responsibilities
under the law
Citizenship
The process that allows immigrants to become citizens
Naturalization
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution is called the _____ _____
_____.
Bill of Rights
U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that African Americans who were brought
into this country as slaves could never be citizens
Dred Scott v Sanford
Overruled Dred Scott v Sanford, giving citizenship to African Americans
14th amendment
Amendment giving African Americans the right to vote
15th amendment
Amendment giving women the right to vote
19th amendment
Amendment giving all adults 18 years of age or older the right to vote
26th amendment
The potential voting population
Electorate
The right to vote
Franchise or suffrage
Privilege or a claim to something
Right
Duties to other people, the government, or society
Responsibilities
Laws that apply only within a city
Ordinances
Created by: pierson on 2014-11-04