Gov. Final

When the Civil War was over, the United states ratified the 15th amendment which promised that a person's right to vote could not _____

• be denied based on whether you were male or female

• be denied even if a person was not a citizen

• be denied based on race, color or previous condition as a slave

The _______ amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in the year 1920

• 1st

• 19th

• 14th

Suffrage is a fancy word meaning _____

• the right to vote

• the process to amend the Constitution

• suffering

The ______amendment was passed in the year 1971 and set the national voting age to be 18

• 26th

• 1st

• 14th

Who could vote in 1789?

• White, Male, property owners

• Male, Property Owners

• Property Owners

• Males over 30

• Male Property owners over 30

The three universal requirements States use for a person to be eligible to vote are

• residence, gender, and income.

• citizenship, property ownership, and gender.

• citizenship, residence, and age.

• income, employment, and age.

How often does the census occur?

• Every 4 years

• Every 8 years

• Every 10 years

• Every 25 years

What is gerrymandering?

• a federally governed process designed to ensure equal representation.

• a system of checks and balances used to ensure fairness in the House of Representatives.

• a legal process that helps parties keep power.

• the use of redistricting to unfairly disenfranchise specific groups of people.

Each Representative represents roughly about how many people?

• 2

• 100

• 700,000

• 1 billion

what are the first ten amendments known as?

• Preamble

• Articles

• Bill of Rights