Voting Rights
This means the right to vote.
What is Suffrage?
Poll taxes were used to deny African Americans this.
What is the right to vote?
The Civil Rights Act of 1965 finally made this amendment an effective part of the Constitution.
What is the 15th Amendment?
When a group of people meet to select candidates they will support in an upcoming election.
What is a caucus?
The process by which people can vote without going to the polling place on election day.
What is absentee voting?
This is a synonym of the word suffrage.
What is franchise?
In the past, many states had these tests as a requirement for voting.
What are literacy tests?
Fewer people vote is these type of elections than in presidential elections
What are off-year elections?
These are the two basic forms of primaries.
What are open and closed?
These are contributions given directly to a political candidates for their campaigns. It is limited and must be reported.
What is Hard Money?
This amendment gave all male citizens of legal age the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed this in voting practices and in the workplace.
What is discrimination?
When someone believes they do not have the ability to make a political difference.
What is political efficacy?
In this election the top two voter-getters must run against each other.
What is a run-off primary?
This group administers all federal law concerning campaign finance.
What is the Federal Election Commission?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 set up this group.
What is the Commission on Civil Rights?
This is the way people get their political attitudes and opinions.
What is political socialization?
This is an election within a party to choose the party's candidates.
What is a direct primary?
This occurs when the candidate at top of the ballot is not popular.
What is the reverse coattail effect?
This amendment banned the use of poll taxes.
What is the 24th Amendment?
These are the three (3) universal requirements for voting in the U.S.
What are a resident, a citizen, and 18 years old or older?
This type of voting is done when a person votes for all the party's candidates in every election.
What is straight ticket voting?
Congress has powers under the Constitution to fix federal election laws. Name the 3 we discussed.
What are the times, the places and the manner of holding elections for members of Congress.
This occurs when a popular candidate at the top of the ballot influences voters to choose other candidates from the same party.
What is the coattail effect?