Voting Rights Study Guide

What does suffrage mean?

Ability to vote

What does the electorate mean?

Potential voting population

What was the 15th Amendment?

African American males have the right to vote

Because of the passage of the 15th Amendment, what three things did the South do?

1. Pass segregation laws

2. Developed the poll tax

3. Developed the literacy test

What was the 19th Amendment?

Women gain the right to vote

What was the 23rd Amendment?

Gave DC residents the right to vote

What was the 24th Amendment?

Eliminated the poll tax

What was the 26th Amendment?

Ages 18 years old can vote

List two examples of voter discrimination

1. Poll tax

2. Literacy test

Laws that were meant to marginalize African Americans by denying them the right to vote, hold jobs, get an education, or other opportunities are called what?

Jim Crow Laws

What political/civil rights activist led the movement to get Civil Rights passed?

MLK

Which Supreme Court Case outlawed segregation and separate but equal is unequal?

Brown v Board of Education

What law outlawed job discrimination in the workplace?

Civil Rights Act 1964

What term means a court order that restrains the performance of some act by private individuals or public officials

Injunctions

What law finally enforced the 15th Amendment to all elections, federal, state, and local, and outlawed the literacy test requirements?

Voting rights act of 1965

What are the THREE factors/qualifications in order to vote?

1. Citizenship

2. Age

3. Residency

What term means the process of removing voters from poll books?

Purging

What term means an official list of qualified voters OR What term means official lists of qualified voters in each precinct?

Poll Book

What term means foreign-born residents who have not become citizens are generally denied the right to vote in this country?

Aliens

PA State Constitution says that a person must be a citizen for how many months before being able to vote?

1

In most states, how long do you need to be a resident in order to vote?

30 days

What term means a person who plans to live in a State for only a short period of time?

Transients

Which voting age has the highest voter turnout?

65 and older

What federal law allows eligible citizens to register to vote when they apply for or renew their driver's license?

Motor Voter Act

What law requires voters to show some form of identification at the polls before voting?

Voter ID law

List three reasons why "cannot voters" cannot vote.

1. Physical disabled

2. ill

3. Not a citizen

List three reasons why "nonvoters" will not vote.

1. Distrust in the government

2. Distrust in the election process

3. Too busy

A term that means a decrease in voting that occurs as voters work through the ballot is called what?

Ballot fatigue

What is the greek word meaning "those who do not vote."

Idiot

The practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election is called..

Single ticket voting

The practice of voting for candidates of more than one party in an election is called.

Split ticket voting

The loyalty of people to a particular party is called...

Party identification

A term that means no party affiliation is called...

independent

A type of ballot when a voter makes a clean punch of their choosing?

Punch card ballot

General elections are held during which month?

November

General elections are held on what day?

Tuesday

Failure to make a clean punch is called what?

Hanging Chad

A process by which people could vote from home without going to the polling place is called..

Mail-in ballot

In PA when do polls open and close?

7 AM -8 PM

In PA, what do you need if you are voting for the first time?

A photo ID

In PA, do we have a voter ID law?

No