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WorksheetsElections Unit Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 46mins
Most states have
less rigid voter ID laws
no kind of voter ID laws
very rigid voter ID laws
some kind of voter ID laws
In the 2000 Presidential Election, the two main candidates were:
Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama
Kamala Harris and Michael Pence
George W. Bush and Albert Gore
In the USA, the Republican states are represented by the color...
orange
red
purple
blue
In the USA, both parties, Republican and Democrat, must officially nominate, officially choose, and accept their presidential/vice presidential candidates at...
the White house
an online survey
a secret ballot
their party's convention
The Democratic Party is represented by the animal of the
horse
eagle
elephant
donkey
How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the presidential election?
538
270
100
435
Which date is Inauguration held on?
January 15
January 1
January 20
November 3
What is the number of electoral votes based on?
population
number of Senators
number of counties in the state.
number of Congressmen/women
Who won the popular vote in the 2000 election?
Albert Gore
George W. Bush
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Which state has the most electoral votes?
Pennsylvania
Florida
California
Texas
How can a state's number of electoral votes change?
If population changes
If the number of senators increases
It can't change
Who is this?
Nancy Pelosi
Jill Biden
Kamala Harris
Stacey Abrams
This case decided the 2000 Presidential election
Brown v. Board of Education
Citizens United v. FEC
Trump v. Clinton
Bush v. Gore
In Citizen United v. FEC the Supreme Court ruled
Corporations & unions can spend unlimited amounts on campaigns
Campaign contributions are not protected by the 1st amendment
Corporations and unions are allowed to coordinate with candidates
Why do wealthy individuals often have an advantage when running for public office?
Political Action Committees (PACs) will only contribute to wealthy candidates.
They have a broader educational background
Rising campaign costs have limited opportunities to run for office
The government has set stricter requirements for political candidates
According to the graph, what trend can be determined about recent U.S. elections?
Campaign costs are rising
Campaign costs are decreasing
Campaign costs have remained the same
There is no trend to this graph
How do candidates raise money?
Most of their campaign money comes from the Federal government.
They hold many fund raising actives.
They get all their campaign money from Congress.
How many districts must be created across the United States for the House of Representative?
570
435
270
100
Reapportionment is:
When district boundaries are drawn in order to benefit the party in power and help it stay in power
When seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed among states because of changes in population
When district boundaries are redrawn to reflect changes in population.
A measurement of the US population that occurs every ten years
Gerrymandering affects:
The House of Representatives
The Senate
The Presidency
Congress as a whole
In most states (but not all), who usually draws district boundaries?
The president
The Senate
The Supreme Court
State legislatures
What do we call the official count of the population?
Reapportionment
Census
Gerrymandering
Redistricting
How often does the census occur?
Every 4 years
Every 8 years
Every 10 years
Every 25 years
Gerrymandering is:
When district boundaries are drawn in order to benefit the party in power and help it stay in power
When seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed among states because of changes in population
When district boundaries are redrawn to reflect changes in population.
A measurement of the US population that occurs every ten years
Packing is when:
District boundaries are drawn in order to benefit the party in power and help it stay in power
District lines are drawn in order to concentrate the opposing party in a few districts
District lines are drawn in order to spread the opposing party out across districts
When district lines are redrawn to reflect changes in population
