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GSSH 307 Lesson 1B (Chapter 1)

GSSH 307 Lesson 1B (Chapter 1)

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Multiple Select

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

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Provided for separate voting for President and Vice President

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

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Addressed Presidential succession and disability

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Expanded the right to vote to women

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Multiple Choice

Throughout the early-mid 1800s

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popular votes began to determine Electors in states

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Party Bosses increased their hold on Electors

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King Caucus continued to dominated the election process

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Direct Primaries proved to be unsuccessful in choosing a President

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Multiple Choice

When states instituted winner-take-all systems it

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increased the disparity between the electoral and popular votes

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made elections more democratic

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sped up the electoral counting process

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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

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Multiple Choice

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

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Florida

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Pennsylvania

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California

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Texas

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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

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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?

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The "Butterfly Ballot"

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Voter Fraud

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An Electronic Voting Machine Error

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Many Voters bubbled outside the lines

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Drag and Drop

As a result of ​
, ​
was forced to stop the recount and​​
​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

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Multiple Choice

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

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Help America Vote Act of 2002

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Patriot Act of 2001

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

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Multiple Choice

George Wallace, Ross Perot, and Ralph Nader were

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Third Party candidates who disrupted election results

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Electors who voted against their state

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Supreme Court Justices who dissented in Bush v Gore, 2000

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Fill in the Blank

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

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Multiple Choice

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

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True

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False

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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

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Multiple Choice

Small States have greater per capita election influence than Large States

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

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

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True

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False

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