Mass Media
Civil Rights
MLK Jr.
Voting
Elections
100
These are three examples of mass media
What are: television, radio, newspapers, YouTube, magazines, internet news, etc.
100
This state action limited the ability of the poor and minorities to vote
What is charging a poll tax
100
This is what MLK stands for
What is Martin Luther King
100
The meaning of suffrage and franchise
What is voting
100
An election that occurs between presidential elections
What is an off-year election
200
This is the most significant impact that mass media has on elections
What is the ability to focus attention on specific issues
200
This is why literacy tests worked to deny African-Americans the right to vote
What is the significance of the questions being harder for minorities.
200
The type of resistance that MLK advocated
What is non-violent civil disobedience
200
The methods by which expansion of voting rights has been moved forward
What are amendments and civil rights legislation
200
Two of the five ways in which nominations are made in the United States
What are self-announcement, caucus, convention, direct primary and petition
300
One of the most costly items for a political campaign
What are television ads
300
The reason that the 15th Amendment did not guarantee the voting rights of minorities
What is the failure of the federal government to enforce the amendment
300
The site of one of MLK's most famous civil rights marches
What is Selma. Alabama
300
The most common state requirements for voting
What is US citizenship and state residency
300
The maximum amount of money that an individual may contribute to a candidate during a general election
What is $2500
400
The decade when minorities first received widespread white support for civil rights
What were the 1960's
400
An action identified with Rosa Parks and supported by Martin Luther King Jr.
What is a bus boycott
400
This amendment forbid states from denying voting rights based on gender
What is the 19th amendment
500
The year in which the most comprehensive civil rights legislation was enacted
What is 1964
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