Civics Unit 6 Vocabulary

What is suffrage?

• The right to vote or the exercise of this right.

• To give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote.

• To deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

• A resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country.

What is birthright?

• To change the boundary lines of districts, especially electoral ones.

• To give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote.

• The act of making another fearful by means of threats or other shows of power.

• The right to vote or the exercise of this right.

What is enfranchisement?

• The act of making another fearful by means of threats or other shows of power.

• To draw the boundaries of election districts of (a city, region) to favor a particular political party or other group.

• The casting of a ballot or the recording of votes in an election.

• A right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth.

What is gerrymandering?

• To give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote.

• To deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

• The right to vote or the exercise of this right.

• The casting of a ballot or the recording of votes in an election.

What is redistricting?

• A right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth.

• The right to vote or the exercise of this right.

• To deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

• The casting of a ballot or the recording of votes in an election.

What is a poll?

• To change the boundary lines of districts, especially electoral ones.

• The right to vote or the exercise of this right.

• The act of making another fearful by means of threats or other shows of power.

• To draw the boundaries of election districts of (a city, region) to favor a particular political party or other group.

What is intimidation?

• To draw the boundaries of election districts of (a city, region) to favor a particular political party or other group.

• The casting of a ballot or the recording of votes in an election.

• A resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country.

• The practice that favors and preserves the interests of natives over those of more recent settlers.

What is disenfranchisement?

• A resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country.

• The practice that favors and preserves the interests of natives over those of more recent settlers.

• To give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote.

• To change the boundary lines of districts, especially electoral ones.

What is nativism?

• The practice that favors and preserves the interests of natives over those of more recent settlers.

• The act of making another fearful by means of threats or other shows of power.

• To change the boundary lines of districts, especially electoral ones.

• To draw the boundaries of election districts of (a city, region) to favor a particular political party or other group.