T/F
An individual should always vote.
False
By what year were all adult Americans legally allowed to vote?
Mid-1970s
What was the most effective and longest lasting of the anti-registration schemes?
Poll tax
What is suffrage?
The legal right to vote in public elections.
What does the democratic political system have to see if you’re qualified or not?
Voter registration.
Some people think that it is their duty to vote.
True
What year was the Voting’s Right Act passed?
1965
What is the most important campaign resource?
Money
What is a general election?
An election in which voters choose government officeholders
The _____ amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18.
Twenty Sixth
From the perspective of the political system, elections are crucial.
True
When were church membership and property ownership removed as qualifications?
1820s and 1830s.
What amendment allowed women to vote?
The Nineteenth amendment
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
It is a section in the fourteenth amendment that guarantees all citizens have the same rights as all other citizens.
The writers of the _____ delegated to the states the power of deciding the eligibility of voting.
U.S. constitution
Voting is important for the individual voter’s se; development and affirming their membership in the democratic community
True
When was the first national census?
1790
What is the period before the voting day in which the candidates attempt to persuade potential voters to support them?
Election campaign
One of the most important historical developments in American politics has been the expansion of the ____ —the right to vote.
Suffrage
Who stated, “Politics has gotten so expensive it takes lots of money just to get beat with.”?
Will Rogers, American humorist, 1931
Those who paid by November 31st were registered to vote in that year's election.
False
What year were women enfranchised with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment?
1920
Every democratic political system has a ______ procedure to distinguish qualified voters from those who are ineligible because of immaturity.
Voter registration
What bill passed in 2011?
Voter Identification
How much was the fee that served as the state’s system of registration?
$1.50