History of Voting Rights
Youth Power
Vote or Nah
We Got Issues
Working with Elected Officials
100
Who were the first group people allowed to vote in America
White men who owned property
100
The name of this youth activist who inspired the student walkouts for climate change…
Greta Thunberg
100
The type of elections that have the lowest voter turnout
Local elections
100
The term for discrimination against people of a different race
Racism
100
Title of elected official the governs the city
The Mayor
200
In 1971, The 26th Amendment is ratified, lowering…
The voting age to 18
200
A method / tactic organizers often use that typical receives a lot of media attention and police intervention.
Protests
200
A belief that people have about voting that is a reason they don’t vote
“My vote doesn’t matter”
200
Another term for the underlying systems of oppression and power that specific issues are traced back to.
Root Cause
200
The cost of 7 fire ladder trucks or 136 new teachers
10 Million Dollars
300
A method of voter suppression that kept mainly poor blacks from voting due to inability to pay
Poll tax
300
The name of the movement started in 2018 by Parkland students
March for Our Lives
300
The term that identifies measures taken to prevent people from voting
Voter Suppression
300
#blacklivesmatters movement calls attention to this issue.
Police Brutality
300
_____ is a communication tool that helps you get your message across to people in power in 60 secs or less
Elevator Pitch
400
_____ laws that permitted the use of poll taxes and literacy test kept black and Mexican women from voting, even after the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920.
Jim Crow Laws
400
“A group of young people working together to create a mutual aid initiative in their school where they give food and supplies to people in need.” … is an example of:
Expression of “power with”
400
The largest racial / ethnic group of young voters (18-29) who voted for Biden in 2020
Young black voters
400
A term that describes the dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
Xenophobia
400
The term for a person who takes actions to bring awareness to an issue, cause, and recommendation for solutions
Advocate
500
The Federal law making it illegal for states to discriminate against groups of voters. States and localities with histories of “denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color” must have any future changes to voting laws approved by the federal government
Voting Rights Act
500
Activists and organizers create a _____ to identify how to achieve their goal / win a victory
Campaign strategy
500
A way to vote that most young people used in the 2020 elections
Early Voting / Absentee Voting
500
Oppression that happens between people and can manifest in interactions between people within the same oppressed group, between people from different oppressed groups, or between people from an oppressed group & a privileged group.
Interpersonal Oppression
500
A _____ is an arranged opportunity that politicians use in their campaigns to exploit currents events to sway public opinion and voters in their favor.
Photo Op / photo opportunity