Who can Vote
The Branches of Government
Electoral College
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100

These people were allowed to vote when the Constitution was written?

Who was white land-owning males?

100
This branch of government includes the president.

What is the Executive Branch?

100

Each electoral college member gets this amount of votes.

What is 1

100

This is a person who is running for an election and hoping to be elected into a specific position. 

Who is a candidate? 

100

These are the two major political parties.

What are the Democratic and Republic Pary. 


200
This was a way to stop African Americans from voting. 
What is poll taxes/literacy tests/Grandfather Clause? 
200

This branch of government determines if laws or acts are unconstitutional. 

What is the Judicial Branch?

200

This is the purpose of the electoral college.

To elect the president. 

200

This is a discussion in which two opposing sides express, support, and defend their positions on a topic. 

What is a debate?
200

These are the symbols of the democratic and republican parties.

What is the donkey (democratic) and elephant (republican)? 
300

This Constitutional Amendment gave women the right to vote. 

What is the 19th Amendment 

300

______ and ______ are the two parts of the Legislative Branch.

What are the Senate and House of Representatives?

300

These people make up the electoral college. 

Who are the members of congress. 

300

This is the branch of government with the president as its head which approves or vetoes bills and appoints people to important government positions. 

What is the Executive Branch? 

300
This is the current vice-president.

Who is Kamala Harris?

400
This was the first state to give women the right to vote. 

What is Delaware

400

This branch of government has 9 officials serving on it. 

The Judicial Branch of Governmnet.

400

Candidates must receive this many votes to win the election.

What is 270 (majority). 
400

This is money that people had to pay in order to vote. 

What is poll taxes?

400

A Presidential Candidate must be _____ years old.  

What is 35? 

500

In this year, President Nixon required the voting age to be 18 in all federal, state and local elections. 

What is 1970. 

500

The term of a U.S. senator is ___ years. 

What is 6?

500

____ people are a part of the electoral college.

What is 538?

500

This is the right to vote. A term often used for whom the right to vote was denied in the past. 

What is suffrage?

500

This was the first woman to run for president. 

Who is Victoria Woodhull?