Vocabulary
Define: Civil Participation
Taking part in the community or government and making your voice heard.
What year did President Johnson sign the Voting Rights Act?
1965
To officially sign up as an eligible voter is to:
a. register
b. candidate
c. ratify
a. register
What does the word suffrage mean?
Suffrage is the right to vote
Until about 1830 most states granted the right to vote only ____________________________.
white men who owned property
Define: Ballot
A paper or electronic form used to cast a vote.
There were 3 Amendments that were added to the Constitution that helped support voting rights. What were they?
13th, 14th and 15th
The paper or form used to make a choice in an election is a ______________________________.
Ballot
Every vote is important: True or False?
True
The right to ____________ is one that many Americans do not exercise.
a. fight
b. vote
c. run for office
b. vote
Define: Candidate
A person running for an elected office.
True or False?
The Voting Rights Act was passed so that Asian Americans could have the right to vote fairly?
False: The Voting Rights Act was passed so that African Americans could have the right to vote fairly.
The first step is to ________________.
a. register
b. cast a ballot
c. gather information
c. gather information
Who was Susan B. Anthony, and how did her actions help expand voting rights?
Susan B. Anthony was a woman who fought for the right to vote and was convicted and arrested for trying to vote when it was illegal for her.
Name one thing you need to provide when you vote
ID card, proof of address, name, age...
Define: Election
A process people use to choose leaders or decide an issue
Which U.S. President signed the Voting Rights Act into law in 1965?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Lyndon B. Johnson
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. George W. Bush
b. Lyndon B. Johnson
The second step is to __________ to vote.
a. poll
b. register
c. cast
b. register
True or False?
In the early voting years, people had to pay a polling tax?
True
What is a voting precinct?
voting location or district
Define: Vote
To make a choice in an election or group decision.
Why were literacy tests used in the Jim Crow South?
To make it difficult for African Americans to vote
The fourth step is to _________ your vote.
a. cast
b. register
c. veto
a. cast
How old did you have to be to vote in the early 1900s?
21
In ____________, for example, in order to qualify, a citizen must live in the state for 1 year and the country for 90 days in order to vote within the state.
a. New Hampshire
b. New Mexico
C. New Jersey
New Mexico