GSSH 307 Lesson 1B (Chapter 1)

Multiple Select

What was accomplished with the 12th Amendment to the Constitution?

• Provided for separate voting for President and Vice President

• Refined the selections procedures in the event that the President or Vice President did not receive a majority of the Electoral Vote

• Addressed Presidential succession and disability

• Expanded the right to vote to women

Multiple Choice

Throughout the early-mid 1800s

• popular votes began to determine Electors in states

• Party Bosses increased their hold on Electors

• King Caucus continued to dominated the election process

• Direct Primaries proved to be unsuccessful in choosing a President

Multiple Choice

When states instituted winner-take-all systems it

• increased the disparity between the electoral and popular votes

• made elections more democratic

• sped up the electoral counting process

Match

Match the following

• Highlighted the potential of the Electoral College to overturn the popular vote

• Known for the "corrupt bargain" which resulted in Jackson condemning the Electoral College

• Led to passage of the 12th Amendment

Election of 1876

Election of 1824

Election of 1800

• Election of 1876

• Election of 1824

• Election of 1800

Multiple Choice

In the Election of 2000, the result of the recounts in what State would determine the winner?

• Florida

• Pennsylvania

• California

• Texas

Match

Match the following

• Republican candidate for President in the Election of 2000

• Democratic candidate for President in the Election of 2000

• Reform Party candidate who likely received some of Gore's votes in the Election of 2000

George W. Bush

Al Gore

Pat Buchanan

• George W. Bush

• Al Gore

• Pat Buchanan

Multiple Choice

What was likely to blame for Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan receiving hundreds of votes that were meant to go to Al Gore?

• The "Butterfly Ballot"

• Voter Fraud

• An Electronic Voting Machine Error

• Many Voters bubbled outside the lines

Drag and Drop

As a result of ​

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, ​

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was forced to stop the recount and​​

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​was declared the winner of the election.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Bush v Gore, 2000

Florida

George W. Bush

Republican

Pennsylvania

Al Gore

Democrat

Citizens United v. FEC, 2010

Multiple Choice

What law was passed in response to the voting irregularities in Florida?

• Help America Vote Act of 2002

• Patriot Act of 2001

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

Multiple Choice

George Wallace, Ross Perot, and Ralph Nader were

• Third Party candidates who disrupted election results

• Electors who voted against their state

• Supreme Court Justices who dissented in Bush v Gore, 2000

Fill in the Blank

Minimum number of Electoral Votes that can be awarded to a State

Multiple Choice

Candidates tend to spend the most time States like California, New York, and Texas because these States have the most Electors

• True

• False

Match

Match the following

• Benefit from the opportunity to cast many electoral votes

• Benefit from seeing candidates up close

• Benefit from disproportional representation

Large States

Competitive States

Small States

• Large States

• Competitive States

• Small States

Multiple Choice

Small States have greater per capita election influence than Large States

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Electoral College makes it more difficult for Third Parties to be competitive

• True

• False