Voting ch.6 Vocabulary

Question 1

____was imposed by several states as a qualification for voting

Answer 1

Poll tax

Question 2

_____is the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions

Answer 2

political socialization

Question 3

What certain southern states must get from the Department of Justice before changing their election laws

Answer 3

Preclearance

Question 4

The phenomenon where the farther down the ballot an office is, the fewer number of votes that will cast for it

Answer 4

fatigue

Question 5

A synonym for the right to vote

Answer 5

Franchise

Question 6

A court order that either compels or restrains the performance of some act by a private individual or public official

Answer 6

injunction

Question 7

This act, passed in 1964, outlaws discrimination in several areas, especially in job-related matters

Answer 7

civil rights act

Question 8

These laws require people to prove their identity when they seek to vote

Answer 8

voter ID

Question 9

A procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting

Answer 9

Registration

Question 10

The measurable differences between the partisan choices of men and women today

Answer 10

gender gap

Question 11

This law passed by congress eased the registration process to permit more voters to vote in elections

Answer 11

motervoter

Question 12

Congressional elections held in the even-numbered years between presidential election years

Answer 12

off-year

Question 13

Name of civil rights leader of the 1950’s and 1960’s

Answer 13

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 14

Foreign born residents who have not became citizens

Answer 14

aliens

Question 15

Person who plan to live in a state for only a short period of time

Answer 15

transient

Question 16

To prevent, prohibit, or ban

Answer 16

bar

Question 17

State laws direct local election officials to review the lists of registered voters and to remove the names of those who are no longer eligible to vote. This process is called _____

Answer 17

purging

Question 18

_______ is the loyalty of people to a particular political party

Answer 18

Party indentification

Question 19

_______is the practice of voting for candidates for only one party in an election

Answer 19

Straight-Ticket voting

Question 20

This amendment prohibited the denial of the right to vote based on sex

Answer 20

19th

Question 21

________is the lack of feeling of influence or effectiveness in politics

Answer 21

political efficacy

Question 22

The potential voting population

Answer 22

electorate

Question 23

The controversial war in this country is what helped to pass the 26th amendment to the constitution to allow 18 years old to vote

Answer 23

Vietnam

Question 24

These voters have no party affiliation

Answer 24

independants

Question 25

to be denied the right to vote

Answer 25

disenfranchised