Chapter 8

Question 1

Political Participation

Answer 1

the many different ways that people take part in politics and government

Question 2

Voting Age Population, VAP

Answer 2

Citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement

Question 3

Voting Eligible Population

Answer 3

Citizens who have reached the minimum age to vote, excluding those who are not legally permitted to cast a ballot

Question 4

Registered Voters

Answer 4

People who are registered to vote

Question 5

Literacy Test

Answer 5

A requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to vote

Question 6

Poll Tax

Answer 6

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

Question 7

Grandfather Clause

Answer 7

A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867

Question 8

White Primary

Answer 8

The practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states’ primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation

Question 9

Australian Ballot

Answer 9

A government-printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public

Question 10

Activists

Answer 10

People who tend to participate in all forms of politics