Matching
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IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS
Match each item with the correct statement
below. You will not use all the terms. a. | electorate | b. | poll
tax | c. | literacy | d. | preclearance | e. | political
efficacy | f. | independent | g. | gerrymandering | h. | split-ticket
voting |
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____, a person's ability to read or write, is no longer used to qualify
voters.
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Dividing electoral districts to limit the voting strength of a particular group
is known as ____.
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____ is the term regularly used to describe those people who have no specific
major party affiliation.
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People who do not believe their actions can affect politics have no sense of
____.
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In the United States, the ____, or the potential voting population, is made up
of nearly 200 million people.
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Other
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IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS
Use each key term below in a sentence that
shows the meaning of the term.
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injunction
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straight-ticket voting
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off-year election
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political socialization
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registration
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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MAIN IDEAS
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Which of the following is NOT a long-term trend marking the expansion of
suffrage in the United States?
a. | removing restrictive requirements based on religious belief | b. | the Federal
Government taking less of a role in protecting suffrage rights | c. | eliminating
requirements based on race | d. | eliminating requirements based on tax
payments |
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In the past, some States limited voting rights by
a. | passing political socialization laws. | b. | charging a poll tax. | c. | eliminating the
literacy test. | d. | overruling grandfather clauses. |
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The provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its amendments of 1970,
1975, and 1982 apply to
a. | all national, State, and local elections. | b. | federal elections
only. | c. | State and local elections only. | d. | all federal and State elections, but not to all
local elections. |
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The phenomenon in which fewer votes are cast for offices farther down the ballot
is called
a. | voter alienation. | b. | straight-ticket voting. | c. | split-ticket
voting. | d. | ballot fatigue. |
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All of the following are significant reasons for nonvoting in United States
elections today EXCEPT
a. | long-term mental or physical illness or illness on an election
day. | b. | rules and regulations that make registration and voting
cumbersome. | c. | widespread use of religious and literacy tests. | d. | apathy or distrust
of politics. |
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The term political socialization can be defined as the
a. | process in which individual initiative is abandoned in favor of party
politics. | b. | belief that one's vote does not count. | c. | process by which
people formulate their political attitudes and opinions. | d. | practice of voting
for candidates of only one specific party in any given election. |
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The expansion of suffrage in the United States
a. | was outlined in the text of the Constitution. | b. | was accomplished
outside the United States legal system. | c. | is the subject of all constitutional amendments
made since 1810. | d. | has been moved forward by amendments and civil rights
acts. |
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Literacy tests worked to deny the right to vote to African Americans primarily
because
a. | all white voters had higher literacy rates. | b. | the tests were only
required in Southern States. | c. | African Americans were asked questions that
were more difficult than those asked of prospective white voters. | d. | it was specifically
provided for in the Constitution. |
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Which act first established a federal commission to investigate claims of
individual voter discrimination?
a. | Civil Rights Act of 1957 | b. | Civil Rights Act of 1960 | c. | Civil Rights Act of
1964 | d. | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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People with no sense of political efficacy
a. | are also known as "cannot-voters." | b. | only vote in
off-year elections. | c. | display a strong sense of party
identification. | d. | feel that any choice they make will have no effect. |
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Short Answer
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INTERPRETING GRAPHSUse the graph to answer the following
questions.
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What percentage of voters turned out for the presidential election in 1964? In
1988?
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Which year shows the greatest difference between voter turnout for presidential
elections versus non-presidential elections?
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What percentage of voters turned out for the presidential election and the
non-presidential election in 1976?
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Essay
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CRITICAL THINKING
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Formulating Questions You are working on a committee to examine whether
16-year-olds in your State should vote. Make up three to five questions that you would ask
16-year-olds to determine if they should gain the right to vote.
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Recognizing Bias What was Benjamin Franklin suggesting about the
government when he said that a man whose only property was a jackass would lose his right to vote if
the jackass died?
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Identifying Central Issues Why is the issue of voter rights so important
in the United States?
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