Voting/Elections
Federally, Democrat and Republican are _____ recognized in all 50 States, with the Libertarian and Green _____ having candidates in the presidential election in 2024. WV also recognizes the Mountain Party as one of these _____.
What are political parties?
This elected office is the leader of the Executive Branch of the WV State Government.
Who is the Governor?
The executive, judicial, and legislative are the names of _____.
What are the 3 branches of government?
This document was drafted by the Founding Fathers and claimed the 13 colonies were no longer under British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This Constitutional amendment guarantees the right to free speech and peaceful assembly.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This ballot is a sample of what will be on the ballot in an upcoming election. They can be found in local Newspapers or on websites like ballotpedia.org.
What is a Sample Ballot?
Senators in the WV senate serve terms. Each term is this amount of time.
What are 4 years?
9 is the number of these positions on the Supreme Court. People in these positions have the power to assess the constitutionality of laws, check the powers of the other branches, and review cases between States, the federal government, and cases that have been appealed to the Supreme Court.
What are Supreme Court Justices?
This group of states seceded from the Union.
What is the Confederacy?
This person encouraged nonviolent civil disobedience and wrote the “Letter From Birmingham Jail.”
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This election happens in between the presidential elections. It allows voters to elect members to Congress, and can even change which party controls Congress.
What is the Midterm Election?
This is the lower house of the state legislature, below the Senate.
What is the West Virginia House of Delegates?
Carol D. Miller, Riley M. Moore, Shelley Moore Capito, and James "Jim" Justice were elected to positions in _____ to represent West Virginia in the Federal Government.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This 1973 Supreme Court decision protected the right of pregnant women to have an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This term refers to women’s right to vote, and was ratified by the 19th Amendment.
What is women’s suffrage?
These elections are used by political parties to select their candidate that will be on the ballot in the general election. These elections happen before the general election in most states and will occur on May 12th in WV for the 2026 election.
What is the primary election?
This department is responsible for monitoring water quality and its acronym is D.E.P.
What is the Department of Environmental Protection?
This is a written directive signed by the President meant to direct the departments of the Executive Branch how to implement laws. However, these directives cannot override laws and can be reviewed by the Supreme Court.
What is an Executive Order?
This constitutional amendment addresses citizenship rights and was created following the end of the Civil War.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This protest in recent history had the largest number of active protesters in a single day in American history.
What is the October No Kings Protest?
In the 2026 Midterm election in WV, all of the ____ in the U.S. House of Representatives will be up, one ___ in the U.S. Senate will be up, all 100 WV Delegate ____ will be up, along with _____ on County Commissions, Board of Education, and many other offices. This word is also used to refer to the chairs in your car.
What are seats?
This elected office oversees election processes, and is currently held by Kris Warner.
What is the Secretary of State?
This position is in each house of Congress. They have the power to shape the agendas of each house. In the Senate, they are chosen to lead the Senate meetings, and in the House the are second in command to the Speaker of the House. They also act as a Spokesperson of their party's agenda.
What is the Majority Party Leader?
This battle was the largest labor uprising in US history, and happened in Logan County, WV.
What is the Battle of Blair Mountain?
This woman used investigative journalism to expose the lynching epidemic against black men, and wrote A Red Record.
Who is Ida B. Wells?