Government Flashcards Chapter 6

Front 1

Which type of elections do more voters vote?

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Presidential or on year general elections

Front 2

How did the 15th ammendment disenfranchise?

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African Americans were supposed to get the right to vote but didn't, kkk, literacy tests, poll taxes

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How do you prevent fraudulent voting practices?

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Make you register

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What where ways used to disenfranchise African Americans?

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threats, poll tax, kkk, literacy tests

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What are voter requirements?

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must be 18, must be a citizen, must register/ have a residency

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What is political effilacy?

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the idea that people think politics count

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What is the act that established a federal commission on voter discrimination?

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1957 voter rights act

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How do literacy tests work?

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like meap gave white people an easy test and African Americans a hard one

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How have voting rights expanded?

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White male property owning church goers almost everyone can vote now just not aliens and under 18 basically

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What is political socialization?

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where you got your ideas, beliefs and values about government

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What are some of the reasons for non-voting in the U.S.?

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appathy, bad weather, out-of-town, no jury duty

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What is ballot fatigue?

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ballot is so long that people leave bottom blank

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What was a poll tax used for?

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disenfranchise African-Americans

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What is the long-term trend in sufferage in America?

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more people can vote/eligible

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electorate

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those that are eligible and actually vote

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gerrymandering

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moving district lines to get an advantage in an election

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literacy

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being able to read and write

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political socialization

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where you get your ideas on government (parents, peers)

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poll tax

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must pay tax to vote
made to stop African Americans

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split ticket voting

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don't vote for all one party

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transiensts

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people that don't have a resident

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franchise

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being able to vote

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independent

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someone that is not influenced by parties

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party independent

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you don't identify with a party

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political efficacy

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whether you feel you have a say in government

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preclearance

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ex) If michigan wanted to change something in voting system, they have to get preclearence from the federal government

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straight ticket voting

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vote all one party

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residency requirements

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made so people can't vote more than once

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disenfranchisement

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have right to vote but still tired to stop African Americans

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mental illness/incompetance and votingq

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not allowed to vote

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time zone fallout

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polls close in the east and they announce the winner with out the west

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republican voters

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conservative, middle/upper income, white, men, higher education

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independents

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don't identify with a party

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parental influence and voting

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vote similar to parents when younger

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religious affiliation and voting

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strongly religous people are more likely to vote

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women's sufferage

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in 1920's

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political socialization

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where you get ideas for government and who influences you

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suffrage qualification

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over 18, U.S. citizen, have residence

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purging poll books

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taking names out that aren't eligible or dead`

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felonies and voting

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lost right to vote

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democratic voters

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union members, lower icome, lower education

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age and voting

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when you are older you are move likely to vote

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federal vs. state on voting

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states run elections federal has been involved since 1960's

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legal voters

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over 18 or 17 for primary if you will turn 18 for the real election

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civil rights and voting

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1957-1960's