Constitutional Amendments
Political Dictionary
Voting Behavior
Voting Qualifications
Had to be listening
100
This Amendment lowered the minimum voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
What is the 26th Amendment?
100
This means the right to vote
What is Suffrage?
100
There are more votes cast in this type of election than any other election.
What is the Presidential Election?
100
This is the minimum age at which someone can vote.
What is 18 years old?
100
This was the 1st State to grant women the right to vote.
What is Wyoming?
200
This Constitutional Amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
200
This was a payment made as a requirement to vote.
What is a Poll Tax?
200
A voter of this particular party is more likely to practice Split-Ticket voting.
What is an Independent?
200
This was the 1st voting restriction to be eliminated.
What are religious tests?
200
This is the year the State of Wyoming granted women the right to vote.
What is 1869?
300
The Constitutional Amendment prohibits voting restrictions based on race or color.
What is the 15th Amendment?
300
This is the term used when someone has been denied the right to vote.
What is Disenfranchised?
300
This is the main reason people do not vote.
What is Lack of Interest?
300
The Framers of the Constitution allowed the _____ to set suffrage qualifications.
What is the States?
300
This President signed the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924.
Who is President Calvin Coolidge?
400
This Amendment ended the poll tax as a requirement to vote.
What is The 24th Amendment?
400
The term used when a voter does not vote for issues because they are further down on the ballot.
What is Ballot Fatigue?
400
This is the term used when a voter votes for the same political party as their families.
What is Political Socialization?
400
Other than having legal residency and the appropriate age this is a universal requirement one must have in order to vote.
What is citizenship?
400
This group is difficult to count but probably includes about one-third of all voters.
What are independent voters?
500
This Constitutional Amendment granted the citizens of Washington D.C. the right to vote in Presidential elections.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
500
This is the term used to describe Congressional elections that take place between Presidential elections.
What is Off-Year Election?
500
This gave Native Americans citizenship and the right to vote.
What is the Indian Citizenship Act?
500
The Act outlawed unfair voter registration methods and literacy requirements.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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