Voting Rights Flashcard

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The Constitutional Amendment that removed race as a voting qualification was the

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Fifteenth.

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Jim Crow laws were created to

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limit African American voting.

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The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allowed

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women to vote.

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The _____ reduced the voting age from 21 to 18.

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Twenty-sixth Amendment

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Voter registration laws were originally enacted to

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prevent African Americans from voting.

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The Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in the aftermath of ____ unprecedented four elections to the presidency.

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Franklin Roosevelt's

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In a(n) ________ only voters registered as members of the party can participate in the selection process for that party.

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closed primary

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The electoral college

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includes 538 electors.

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A preliminary election in which a party picks delegates to a party convention or its candidates for public office is called

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primary election

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__________ usually include discussion time before voting, thus giving them a more deliberative character than simple voting.

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caucus