Chapter 7

Question 1

An election where a voter can vote in any party’s primary or caucus.

Answer 1

open primary

Question 2

A feeling of personal powerlessness that includes the notion that government does not care about the opinions of people like oneself.

Answer 2

political apathy or alienation

Question 3

A election where voters can only vote in the primary of the party in which they are registered.

Answer 3

closed primary

Question 4

Constitutional amendment that outlawed the poll tax.

Answer 4

Twenty-fourth Amendment

Question 5

The practice of voting only for candidates from the same party.

Answer 5

straight-ticket voting

Question 6

Constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote.

Answer 6

Nineteenth amendment

Question 7

Law that requires states to offer people the opportunity to register to vote when they apply for a driver’s license or welfare services.

Answer 7

National Voter Registration Act of 1993

Question 8

The congressional elections that occur half-way through a president’s term.

Answer 8

mid-term elections

Question 9

A method of disenfranchisement that required a fee to register to vote.

Answer 9

poll tax

Question 10

Voting based on a candidates past actions.

Answer 10

retrospective voting