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WorksheetsCE.5c, 5e, 5f: Media Bias, Voting, and the Electoral College
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 10mins
How is the number of electors (for the electoral college) of each state determined?
Each election, this number is determined by the sitting majority leader of the Senate.
By the number of eligible voters in the state plus the number of congressional representatives.
Based on each state’s congressional representation (the number of United States senators plus the number of representatives in the House)
What is the acronym to remember qualifications to register to vote in Virginia?
NEWM
Nominate candidates, Educate the voters, Win elections, Monitor officeholders
RAPPS
Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech
IDEaS
Identifying Propaganda, Detecting Bias, Evaluating Sources,
And Separating Fact from Opinion
CAR
Citizen of the United States, Age of 18 by the day of the election, Resident of Virginia
Which word means "to be in favor of, or against, a person/group, often in an unfair or one-sided way"?
Propaganda
Bias
Campaign platform
Liberal
Passed in 1965, which legislation prohibited racial discrimination in voting rules (for example, it outlawed “literacy tests” which were used to suppress minority voting rights)?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Campaign Reform Act of 2002
23rd Amendment
Voting Rights Act 1965
Which of the following is NOT a strategy for evaluating campaign speeches, literature, and advertisements for accuracy?
Sharing misleading information about a candidate on social media
Separating fact from opinion
Evaluating source
Detecting bias
Which Amendment granted African-American men the right to vote in 1870?
19th
15th
23rd
26th
What is the acronym to remember the strategies for evaluating media bias and accuracy?
CAR
Citizen of the United States, Age of 18 by the day of the election, Resident of Virginia
IDEaS
Identifying Propaganda, Detecting Bias, Evaluating Sources,
And Separating Fact from Opinion
BE WISE
Broadcast different points of view, Emphasize selected issues, Writing and creating political cartoons, Identifying candidates, Social media and blogs, Editorials and publishing op-ed pieces
Which amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920?
23rd
19th
26th
15th
The media play a(n) ____________ role in the political process.
ancillary
important
moderate
meaningless
Which amendment granted the residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections in 1961?
23rd
19th
26th
15th
Presidential elections have a __________________ of voter turnout than local Elections.
lower percentage
equal percentage
smaller percentage
greater percentage
Voter registration is closed _____ day(s) before elections.
22
1
365
29
Which of the following is a way in which you can register to vote in Virginia?
In person
By mail
Online
All of the above
None of the above
Which amendment eliminated poll taxes (a “fee” paid to exercise your vote) in 1964?
23rd
19th
15th
24th
Students can participate in the democratic process by doing which of the following?
participating in campaigns
participating in classroom and online simulations
all of the above
Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18 (you previously had to be 21 to vote) in 1971?
15th
26th
19th
23rd
Which of the following explain(s) why citizens fail to vote?
Lack of interest (in candidates or issues)
Failure to register
Belief that vote does not count or will have no impact
No time or too busy
All of the above
Every vote is important.
False
True
Which word means "misleading information promoting a particular point-of-view that is an opinion"?
Liberal
Propaganda
Electoral
Bias
What number of electoral votes must a president reach in order to get elected? (This number favors a two-party system)
538
50
270
435
The electors cast their official votes before the popular vote.
True: this places a great deal of importance on the electors to make a thoughtful decision on who should be president.
False: The electors cast their official votes after the popular vote.
Virginia citizens may vote in an election without registering to vote.
True
False
What determines if someone is more or less likely to vote?
age
income
education
all of the above
Which of the following words is defined by "a body of people representing the states of the US, who casts the OFFICIAL vote for the election of the president and vice president"?
Registrar
Electoral College
Divisional College
United States Senate
When candidates, and their campaigns, produce campaign speeches, literature, and advertisements, what is the role of voters?
To evaluate these media and campaign materials for accuracy.
To disregard these media and campaign materials as entirely propaganda and instead listen to the pundits' opinions on network television.
To change the words and post them on social media to make the candidates look bad.
Voting is ___________.
a responsibility
of little importance
a duty
not impactful
What is the acronym to remember the roles the media plays in the political process?
IDEaS
Identifying Propaganda, Detecting Bias, Evaluating Sources,
And Separating Fact from Opinion
CAR
Citizen of the United States, Age of 18 by the day of the election, Resident of Virginia
BE WISE
Broadcast different points of view, Emphasize selected issues, Writing and creating political cartoons, Identifying candidates, Social media and blogs, Editorials and publishing op-ed pieces
The "winner-take-all" system, for the electoral college, leads to which of the following?
The targeting of densely populated states for campaigning
Candidates paying attention to less populated states and swing states whose electoral votes may make the difference in tight elections.
All of the above
None of the above
Most states have _________________________ that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate.
a “winner-take-all” system
proportional representation
"governer's choice" system
"debate system"
Each party, in a presidential election, chooses the other party's electors for the electoral college.
True: this practice is unique to America and is considered responsible for the longest continuously running democracy in history.
False: Each political party chooses its own of electors for the electoral college
Which case said the corporations are people and that spending money is a form of speech?
Brown v. the Board of Education
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Plessy v. Ferguson
Kennedy v. Oswald
