CH#5 Voting, Campaigns, Elections_Pop Quiz

 

What were poll taxes and literacy tests designed to do? 

• Discourage voting by African Americans, Mexican Americans, and poor Whites 

• Ensure an educated and responsible electorate

• Increase voter turnout rates

• Encourage two-party competition

• Eliminate voter fraud in local elections

A ________ was a state-imposed tax on voters as a prerequisite for voting.

• voter tax

• registration tax

• poll tax

• registration fee

The poll tax disenfranchised

• farmers

• only Republicans

• poor people

• only Democrats

The next census will be conducted in 2030, with a reapportionment completed soon after based on its results. Assuming the Texas population will increase from its 2020 total, as a result of this reapportionment, Texas will most likely

• gain seats in the U.S. Senate.

• gain seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

• lose seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

• see no change in its allocation of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The _______________ requirement was included in the Voting Rights Act to ensure that states that had previously restricted the political participation of minorities could not use redistricting for partisan gain and against the interest of minority groups.

• preclearance

• reapportionment

• external validation

• redistricting

What type of primary allows a voter to choose on Election Day which party they will vote for?

• open primary

• closed primary

• semi-closed primary

• crossover voting primary

The equal protection clause, which guarantees each citizen the same rights as all other citizens, can be found in which amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• Fourteenth

• Sixteenth

• Thirteenth

• Fifteenth

• Seventeenth

In Texas, primary elections are usually held in

• March

• May

• August

• April

In what case did the Supreme Court rule that a key section of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional, thereby affecting new districts being approved by the U.S. Department of Justice?

• Texas v. Holder

• Smith v. Allwright

• Shelby County v. Obama

• Shelby County v. Holder

The process of ________ involves recalculating how many congressional districts each state will receive based on the state’s population.

• reapportionment

• preclearance

• census taking

• redistricting