Many white American males were denied the right to vote until the mid-1800s because they . . .

After the passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870, all African Americans started to vote.

The 15th Amendment gave all American male citizens the right to vote, not matter their race. They were denied this power due to . . . .

It took almost _________ years for many non-white American citizens to truly be able to vote throughout the entire United States.

American women gained the right to vote in ____________.

Native Americans did not have the right to vote until 1925 when they were officially declared __________ of the U.S.

Suffrage is . . .

Which war got people thinking about the need to change the voting age from 21 years old to 18?

Today, many people are debating over whether ____________ who have served their time in prison should be able to vote in all U.S. states.

People vote for our president every _______ years.

In our country the two main political parties are:

For each general election, the Democratic party and Republican party must each choose their own ____________.

Each state holds a ___________ or ____________ (sometimes both) to determine who will be the Republican and Democratic nominees for that state.

Maine will hold a primary and a caucus in the same week. Our primary will be in __________.

Once a candidate wins the highest numbers of delegates in primaries and caucuses of all the states, each political party has a final vote on their party's political candidate at a ______________________.

The _________________________ gets to choose his/her vice presidential running mate.

True or False: In order to vote in a caucus or primary, you must be a member of a major political party.

Once the major political parties have their chosen presidential nominees, the country holds a general election in ___________________________.

When we have our general election, we pay attention to the popular vote and the Electoral College count. In the end, it's the ___________________ count that determines our next president.

Each state gets a number of ________________ that is each to its number of Senators(2) + Representatives(?#) in Congress.

Which of the following activities might be part of a campaign:

The elected president is officially sworn in at his/her ________________ in January.

In order to become president, a candidate must win ________ electors.

A ____________ is when members of a political party vote on who they want the nominee for their political party to be. (state level)

A ____________ is when members of a political party TALK and THEN determine who they want the nominee for their political party to be. (state level)

When you use the presence regular, non-famous people to convince people of an idea

When you use a lot of non-specific positive words to try to convince people of something

When you try to get people to associate a candidate with either positive or negative images.

When you try to get people to do something by pointing out how all the people of a certain group are doing it.