Chapter 1
What was the first voting requirement that was removed in the 1800's
Land Ownership, Religion, Taxes
Every State requires a person to satisfy these 3 requirements to vote
Citizenship, Residence, Age
A Collection of people who share certain views on public matters and work to shape public policy
Interest Groups
A means of communication
Medium
The _____ ______ Act of 1965 Finally made the 15th Amendment a reality and enforced Racial Equality in Voting
Voting Rights Act
What was a Historical Criteria used for Voting that were removed by the Coting Rights Act of 1965
Literacy Tests, Grandfather Clauses
The ______ Scandal happened when interest groups funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to congressional campaigns
Abramoff
Name the 5 major elements of mass media
TV, internet, radio, newspapers, and magazines
Someone's right to vote
Suffrage
The Amendment that lowered the Voting Age to 18 was the ____
26th
An Organization of worker who share the same type of job
Labor Unions
What 2 areas is Mass Media's influence most visible
Public Policy, and the field of electoral politics
The ____ Amendment gave Women the right to vote
19th
Persons who plan to live in a State for only a short time
Transients
All of the goals that a government pursues in the many areas of human affairs in which it is involved
Public Policy
These journalists exposed wrongdoings to the public in the early 1900's
Muckraker
The Practice of Drawing Electoral District Lines in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group
Gerrymandering
Which Amendment outlawed the Poll Tax
The 24th
This man was one of the first people to speak out against Interest Groups
James Madison
The World's First Newspaper
Acta Diurna