Voting and Elections Review

What is the term for voting?

• suffrage

• duty

• responsibility

• apathy

What is a list of candidates?

• ballot

• polling place

• apathy

• voter turnout rate

What is the lack of interest?

• issue

• apathy

• ballot

• initiative

This act passed by Congress in 1965 allows the Federal Government to take control of elections in districts with a clear history of discrimination.

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Safe, Respectful and Responsible Act of 1965

• The Summer of 69 Act of 1965

What is the paper on which a vote is marked that has a list of candidates and inititives?

• ballot

• platform

• turnout

• suffrage

What amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?

• 15

• 19

• 24

• 26

Voting age changed from 21 years old to 18 years old. Which amendment is this?

• 25th

• 14th

• 26th

• 12th

Which is a qualification to vote?

• graduate high school

• pay all of your taxes

• own a house

• be a U.S. citizen

Which age group demographic is the least likely to vote in elections?

• 18-29

• 30-49

• 50-69

• 70-89

In the 1700s and 1800s, only people who owned _____ were eligible to vote,

• citizenship cards

• property

• registration cards

• slaves