Voting
When a group of people votes for someone to represent them or do something for them.
What is an election?
This is the upper house of Congress.
What is the Senate?
Traditional values, limited government, and individual freedom are mainly associated with this political party
What is a Republican?
This case is known to have ended segregation in schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This was the start of the women's suffrage movement
What is 1848?
This election is used select candidates for a general election
What are primary elections
This is the lower house of Congress
What is the House of Representatives?
California, Delaware, Colorado, and New York are most associated with this political party
What are Democrats?
This is the year the Jim Crow Literacy Test stopped being administered.
What is 1965?
This black woman was the first to refuse to sit at the back the bus
Who is Claudette Colvin?
An election that determines which candidate will occupy the offices that are up for election
What is a general election?
This part of the house has 100 members. Each state holds 2 members.
What is the Senate?
This party typically stands apart from mainstream parties and emerges as a protest against established parties
What are 3rd Parties?
This is the year black men were allowed to vote
What is 1870?
This was the first black woman to become a judge
Who is Jane Bolin?
This is an election to replace an official who is no longer able to serve
What is a special election
This is part of congress consists of 435 members
What is the House of Representatives?
The donkey and the elephant are best known to represent these two political parties
Democrat (Donkey) and Republican (Elephant)
This was the first black judge elected into the supreme court
Who is Thurgood Marshall
This black woman was the first black woman to elected into congress
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This is an official system used to elect the president and vice president of the united states
What is the electoral college
These two numbers represent the length of Senate and House terms
What is 6 years (Senate) and 2 years (House of Representatives)?
This year is best known for the flip of political parties.
What is the 1890's?
This year is known for when black women were able to vote
What is 1965?
This Harlem Renaissance figure was the author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Who is Zara Neale Hurston?