Voter Suppression
Name 2 types of Voter Suppresion.
Gerrymandering
Poll taxes
Literacy test
Voter ID laws
How many votes are needed to win an election?
270
What are the names of the two major political parties in the US?
Republican and Democrat
Historically, were Polynesia leaders male or female?
Female!
What is felony disenfranchisement?
taking the right to vote away from people with a felony conviction
How many votes total are there in the electoral college?
538
the range of political beliefs that people have, from liberal to conservative
Who decided the next council Chief in the Iroquis Confederacy?
"Each nation maintains it own council with Chiefs chosen by the Clan Mother and deals with its own internal affairs but allows the Grand Council to deal with issues affecting the nations within the confederacy. "
What is gerrymandering?
Redrawing districts to benefit one political party over the other.
How many votes does Washington have in the electoral college?
12
Who are the two presidential candidates and which politcal parties do they belong to and who is their running mate?
Time Walz (Democrat with Kamala Harris) and JD Vance (Republican with Donald Trump)
Name 2 responsibilities of the leader of the Persian Empire.
Emperor controlled the politics, economy and roles given to other citizens
About how many Americans do not have qualifying government issued IDs
About 21 million
What determines how many votes each state has in the electoral college?
it is based on the state's population
Name the 3 qualifications to become a US president.
35 years old +
lived in the US for 14 years
natural-born US citizen
In the Incan empire, which god were leaders said to have a connection to?
The Sun God.
What happen in 2013 that allowed more forms of voter suppression to take place?
The Supreme Court ruled that part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was unconstitutional and that states no longer had to get federal preclearance to make changes to their voting laws.
How are the 538 votes in the electoral college calculated?
435 from the house of reps
100 from the senate
3 from Washington DC
Why is election day on a Tuesday?
In 1845, Congress passed the "Presidential Election Day Act" which established the first Tuesday of November as an official day to vote.
Name 2 of the indigenous tribes from the Iroquis Confederacy.
Mohawks
Oneidas
Onodagas
Cayugas
Senecas