WorksheetsMagruder 06 (all)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What does suffrage mean?
The right to free speech.
The right to bear arms.
The right to be free from unwarranted searches.
The right to vote.
What is the electorate?
An super hero with an electric attack.
Voters.
A particle that carries an electrical charge in wires.
What word means the same as suffrage?
To suffer
Bicameral
Gerrymandering
Franchise
To extend the right to vote means to...
Descrease suffrage or giving the right to vote to less people.
Expand suffrage or give the right to vote to more people.
The group in the picure wanted to increase or decrease suffrage for women?
Increase
Decrease
The group in the picture wanted to increase or decrease suffrage for women?
Increase
Decrease
Who did the 15th Amendment acknowledge the right to vote for?
Nondocumented people.
White males.
Women.
African American men.
Who did the 19th Amendment acknowledge the right to vote for?
Alaskans, Hawaiins and Puerto Ricans.
Men.
Women
Minors
The 24th Amendment eliminated this way to keep poor people from voting.
Poll taxes.
Income taxes.
Age limits
State sales taxes.
In 1975, the 26th Amendment gave these people the right to vote. ANSWER FAST!
Minors.
16 year olds.
18 year olds.
21 year olds.
What 3 things are required by all states to vote?
Citizenship, residence and registration fee.
Citizenship, residence and a high school diploma.
Citizenship, residence and a high school diploma or GED.
Citizenship, residence and age.
What is a transient?
People who don't stay in one place for a long time.
People who stay in one place for a long time.
A parbolic curved line.
Why is registration of voters important?
To ensure fraud.
To eliminate fair voting and honest elections.
To prevent errors and mistakes.
To prevent fraud.
What is literacy?
Ability to read.
Inability to read.
What is voter apathy?
When voters are serious about voting.
When voters don't care.
What's the real reason literacy tests required to vote?
To encourage certain groups to vote.
Keep certain groups from voting.
To help increase reading skills in America.
What is a poll tax?
A tax on driver's and marriage licenses.
A fee you must pay in order to vote.
An opinion survey on attitudes toward taxes.
What was the probably the real reason for 'poll taxes?"
To keep some groups of people from voting.
To encourage voting.
To ensure equity for all.
To collect important revenue.
Which is probably the greatest danger to democracy?
Fraud.
Over-enthusiasm.
Apathy.
Bad weather that discourages turnout.
What is gerrymandering?
A way to draw boundaries to ensure fairness.
The biological name for the way reptiles slither.
A way to draw boundaries to favor a political party.
What's an injunction?
The place where 2 or more highways meet.
An illegal process.
A court order.
When wisdom teeth become infected.
What are "cannot voters?"
Voters who won't vote.
Voters who are able to vote.
Voters who are unable to vote.
Voters who refuse to vote.
What is "Political Socialization?"
How societies use the political process to alienate voters.
A fancy phrase for how people get their political attitudes.
The way people must keep a safe distance in voting lines.
A gender gap is a separation between....
the old and young.
males and females.
people of different races or ethnicities.
What is "party identification?"
A political party that you identify with.
An identification card you must show when voting.
Name tags people where at birthday celebrations.
What are independents?
People who belong to one of the major political parties.
A very popular rock band of the 1960's.
People who don't belong to one of the major political parties.
What is straight ticket voting?
Voting for candidates from ONE party only.
Voting for candidates from "straight" parties only.
Voting for candidates from different parties.
Voting for candidates from the "ticket" party only.
What does "stump speaking" mean?
When candidates ask confusing unanswerable questions.
When candidates would stand on stumps and speak to voters.
When candidates are obviously lying.
Is voting important?
No, it doesn't really matter, nothing changes.
Yes, it's the way to assure peaceful transition of power and avoid violence and unrest.
Is Democracy perfect?
Yes, there is no better system.
Not always, but it beats the alternatives.
