Leadership Positions in the Community, State and Nation
Voting Vocabulary
100
True or False: To be a good citizen, one should obey laws, pay taxes, and respect the rights of others.
True
100
What is the voting age in the United States?
18
100
In 1920, the 19th amendment gave whom the right to vote?
Women
100
This person is the leader of the Country and commands the military.
The President
100
What is the card that people record their votes called?
Ballot
200
Who is a member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection called?
Citizen
200
What are the locations called where people go to vote?
Polls
200
The first Presidential Election was in 1789. Who was elected President?
George Washington
200
This person is the leader of a town or a city.
Mayor
200
What is the right to vote called?
Suffrage
300
Education, health care, free speech and respect are all ______.
Rights
300
If a voter is unable to go to the polling place to vote he or she can fill this out and send it in the mail instead.
Absentee Ballot
300
What is a fee that voters were required to pay in order to vote in national elections called?
Poll Tax
300
The people vote and elect two representatives who represent their state in the congress for a term of 6 years. Who are these people called?
Senators
300
A form of government in which political control is exercised by all the people, either directly or through their elected representatives is called a(n) ________.
Democracy
400
What is a citizen’s most important right?
The right to vote
400
Election day is the Tuesday after the first Monday of which month?
November
400
All men, regardless of race, were given the right to vote according to which amendment of the constitution?
The 15th Amendment
400
Instead of a president, the people of each state elect a _______ to lead their state.
Governor
400
What is the race between candidates running for an elective office?
Campaign
500
One responsibility of a citizen is to serve on a committee that determines the guilt or innocence in a crime presented in a court. This responsibility is called _________.
Jury Duty
500
A person who runs for a job or position is called a _________?
Candidate
500
Southern voter registration boards used poll taxes and literacy tests to deny African Americans the right to vote. This was a part of what set of laws?
Jim Crow Laws
500
How many representatives of the House does Pennsylvania have?
19
500
Who votes to determine who will be elected President of the United States?