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Electoral College
Cartoons/Images
Amendments and Acts
Misc.
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Democratic Party & Republican Party
What are the two major parties in the U.S.?
100
270
What is the number needed to win the electoral college?
100
This photo illustrates the fight for this amendment
What is the 19th amendment?
100
The NRA's (National Rifle Association) does its best to protect this amendment.
What is the second amendment?
100
Voters in the middle of the political spectrum who may be liberal on some issues, yet conservative on others, or who are able to see merits to points on either side of an issue are labeled this.
What is a Moderate?
200
All qualified voters in an election - The voting eligible population
What is an electorate?
200
House of Representatives picks the President and Senate picks the VP
What happens when no candidate wins/reaches a majority of votes in the electoral college?
200
This image advocates for the passing of this amendment
What is the 26th amendment?
200
The 26th Amendment
What is to change the voting age to 18 years of age?
200
Political parties main goal is to get candidates elected to public office. Interest groups, although they support campaigns of favorable candidates, try to influence government officials through lobbying efforts.
What is... how are political parties different from interest groups?
300
If a qualified voter is unable to physically make it to the polls on election day, this can be used to vote
(it ensures they are not disenfranchised).
What is an Absentee ballot?
300
The 2000 and 2016 presidential elections illustrated this fault in the electoral college system
What is not winning the country's popular vote (but winning the electoral vote)?
300
This image depicts the electoral college as being ____
What is being outdated?
300
The 15th Amendment
What is (the amendment) to not be denied based on race?
300
"Practice voting" methods that political parties can use to hear from voters in order to determine who their candidate will be for the general election.
What are Caucuses and/or primary elections?
400
The Tuesday following the first Monday in November (not on November 1st)
What/when is election day?
400
Would give too much power to the largest states in selecting the President if this happened.
What is removing the electoral college system?
400
Is represented in this cartoon
What are ways Black American's were obstructed/denied the vote, even after they were granted that right?
400
Considered by some to be one of the most important pieces of legislation in U.S. history, this act attempts to rid discriminatory voting practices conducted by some states.
(Hint, it has a year in it's name)
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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- regulation on guns
- pro choice
- universal health care
- LGBTQ+ rights
- debt-free college
- expanding voting rights
- environmental causes
What are (some) liberal/democratic values?
500
- A U.S. citizen
- At least 18 years old on Election Day
- A resident of Minnesota for 20 days
- Not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction
- Not under a court order that revokes your right to vote
What are the qualifications for Minnesota voters?
500
These states are NOT disproportionately represented in the electoral college.
What are large states?
500
This cartoon illustrates this concept of United States politics
What is partisanship?
500
The federal government awarded suffrage to all men regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude., then gave women the right to vote, then reduced the age of voting to 18.
What is the chronological order of the 15th, 19th, & 26th amendments?
500
Since these form from a major party they are more likely to have success as a contending party
What is a splinter party?