Chapter 11 Review

Question 0

What is apathy?

Answer 0

Lack of interest/ care

Question 1

What is a precinct?

Answer 1

Voting district

Question 2

What is a ballot?

Answer 2

A list of candidate names

Question 3

What is a canvass?

Answer 3

When someone goes door to door for support.

Question 4

What question do you ask when choosing a candidate?

Answer 4

How are they going to be affective in office.

Question 5

What are holy places?

Answer 5

Public places.

Question 6

What happens in a general election?

Answer 6

Voters choose candidates for all offices

Question 7

What is the 15th amendment?

Answer 7

African Americans have right to vote.

Question 8

What is the 19th amendment?

Answer 8

Women have right to vote.

Question 9

What are the requirements to vote?

Answer 9

1. Must be 18 or older

2. Must be a citizen of the United States.

Question 10

What do you need to do to run a successful campaign?

Answer 10

Must have sufficient funding

Question 11

Why are campaign donations controversial?

Answer 11

Because they make elected officials feel they need to give special treatment to contributors.

Question 12

When is a runoff held?

Answer 12

When a candidate does not get majority vote.

Question 13

What government office is elected by an indirect vote?

Answer 13

President

Question 14

What is the first step in winning the presidential election?

Answer 14

Get nominations

Question 15

When is the national election held?

Answer 15

Every 4 years

Question 16

When is the presidential election held?

Answer 16

Every 6 years

Question 17

Who wins the presidential election?

Answer 17

The person who gets majority vote

Question 18

They are more than half a million elected officials In the United States

Answer 18

True

Question 19

In a close election the leader can do a recount

Answer 19

True