Voting
People, Places and Things
Vocabulary and such
Odds and Ends
Amendments
100

One must be this old to legally vote in America.

What is 18 years old?

100

This POTUS shattered all campaign fundraising records in 2008 when people could donate to his campaign directly thru his website.

Who is Barack Obama?

100

The process that we all go through to obtain our political beliefs and mindsets.

What is political socialization?

100

The two groups that were most heavily discriminated against in the early to late 1800s.

Who were women and African Americans?

100
This Constitutional Amendment allowed African American males the right to vote.

What is the 15th Amendment?

200

This war caused the voting age to be lowered from 21 to 18.

What is the Vietnam War?

200

The requirement that one must prove that they could read and write before voting (which is now illegal).

What is a literacy test?

200
The payment of money to cast a vote which is now illegal according to the US Constitution.

What is a poll tax?

200

Those who want to regulate campaign financing believe it will reduce ______________.

What is corruption or cheating?

200

This Constitutional Amendment allowed women the right to vote.

What is the 19th Amendment?

300

The number of days that most states require one to live there before they are allowed to register to vote.

What is 30 day residency requirement?

300

This SCOTUS case ruling stated that while contributions to candidates could be limited, campaign spending could not.

What is Buckley v. Valeo?

300

In some states, members of a party are welcome to attend a series of meetings to nominate the candidate that will represent the party.

What is a Caucus?

300

The most common form of political participation in America is this.

What is voting?

300

This Constitutional Amendment made poll taxes illegal.

What is the 24th Amendment?

400

The geographic area of the US that traditionally made it difficult for African Americans and other minority groups to vote.

What is the South?

400

The two groups discriminated against most by requiring voter ID's to vote.

What are the poor and minorities?

400

This law banned soft money donations to issue groups to support specific candidates. 

What is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act?

400

Citizens that are eligible to vote are called the _______________.

What is the Electorate?

400

This is the number of Constitutional Amendments that address voting rights in America.

What are 4 Amendments?

500

This law from 1965 made it easier for African Americans to vote in the South by registering with the Federal Government.

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

500

The first step in voting is to fill out this important document.

What is a voter registration card?

500

This law was passed to make the voter registration process more accessible for all people.

What is the Motor Voter Act?

500

Support for women's suffrage took a turn for the better with this POTUS's support of women voting in America.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

500

This Constitutional  Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in the United States.

What is the 26th Amendment?