Chapter 8: Political Participation

Question 1

Voting-age population

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Registered voters

Answer 2

People who are registered to vote

Question 3

Literacy Test

Answer 3

A requirement that citizens pass a literacy test in order to register to vote

Question 4

Poll Tax

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Grandfather clause

Answer 5

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 6

White primary

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Australian Ballot

Answer 7

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 8

Activists

Answer 8

people who tend to participate in all forms of politics