Chapter 17 Terms

Question 1

First Roman Catholic president

Answer 1

John F Kennedy

Question 2

Amendment abolished poll taxes

Answer 2

Twenty-four Amendment

Question 3

Election held to fill elective office

Answer 3

General election

Question 4

Petition, independent announcement, caucus, convention, direct convention

Answer 4

Nominating candidates

Question 5

First state to use direct primary current office holder

Answer 5

Wisconsin

Question 6

Another word for blanket primary

Answer 6

Wide open primary

Question 7

Nomination method used at the local level municipal offices in small communities and non-partisan school posts

Answer 7

Petition

Question 8

Won the presidency although the only campaigning done was from his home

Answer 8

William Mckinley

Question 9

Amendment gave voting rights to all male citizens regardless of the color

Answer 9

Fifteenth Amendment

Question 10

Refers to the ability of a ranking candidate to draw voters to choose other lower candidates of the same party

Answer 10

Coattail Effect

Question 11

Paid radio or television advertisement

Answer 11

Spot

Question 12

Location in a specific precinct where residents go to vote

Answer 12

Polling place

Question 13

Amendment gave voting rights to 18 years old

Answer 13

Twenty-sixth Amendment

Question 14

Amendment gave voting right to woman

Answer 14

Nineteenth Amendment

Question 15

What Andrew Jackson called Henry Clay becoming John Adams secretary of state

Answer 15

Corrupt bargain

Question 16

First person to be elected to a major office by write-in

Answer 16

Storm Thurmond

Question 17

Primary in which voters must be registered as members of one party and must vote accordingly

Answer 17

Closed primary

Question 18

Primary which voters do not have to declare any party membership

Answer 18

Open primary

Question 19

Current office holder

Answer 19

Incumbent

Question 20

Describe what the National Voter Registration Act provided for

Answer 20

It made it easier to vote
Allows people to register to vote when getting a driver’s license, renewing a driver’s license, or while at the welfare office, state employment office or other social agency

Question 21

Explain the difference hard money and soft money

Answer 21

Hard money is money raised for a specific candidate in federal elections and spent according to federal laws
Soft money is money raised apart from federal regulations and given to local, state, and national party organizations to be used for party-building activities