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Jeopardy
Voter
Qualifications
Suffrage &
Civil Rights
Voter
Behavior
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Right to Vote
Final Jeopardy
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Name one of the qualifications that was
eliminated in the first stage of extending
suffrage?
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Religious, property, and tax qualifications began
to disappear in every state (early 1800s)
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To whom does the Constitution give the most
power to set suffrage qualifications?
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States
– The Framers of the Constitution purposefully left the
power to set suffrage qualifications to each State,
although the Constitution does place five restrictions
on the ability of the States to exercise that power.
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How did the 24th Amendment change voting
requirements in the states?
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It ended the poll tax as a requirement to vote.
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What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965
accomplish?
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It protected civil rights in polling places.
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What is the 23rd Amendment?
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Adds the voters of the District of Columbia to
the presidential electorate.
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Literacy tests used in the South threatened to
keep white males from voting, as well as African
Americans. What did these southern states do to
make sure that white males who couldn’t read
could still vote?
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States added a grandfather clause to their
constitutions.
– This said that anyone who had voted before the 15th
amendment (1870), or his male descendants, could
become a legal voter.
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Which federal law passed in 1993 was intended
to make voter registration easier?
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Motor Voter Law
– Requires every state to allow all eligible voters to
register to vote when they apply for or renew a
driver’s license; provides for voter registration by
mail; and makes registration forms available at state
employment offices and social service agencies.
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What are the three universal requirements for
voting in the United States?
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Citizenship, legal residency, age
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What reasoning did the Supreme Court give for
banning the poll tax as a requirement for voting?
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It went against the 14th Amendment.
– In Harper v. Virginia Board of Education, the Supreme
Court ruled that the poll tax went against the Equal
Protection Clause. This meant the poll tax and other
taxes could no longer be used as a requirement for
voting.
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The main purpose of the first literacy
qualifications for voting was to exclude which
group?
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Irish Catholics
– The first literacy qualifications for voting were
adopted by Connecticut and Massachusetts in the
1850s and were designed to limit voting by Irish
Catholic immigrants. Literacy qualifications later
became a prime device to prevent African Americans
from voting.
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Violence following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
voter registration drive in Selma led to which act
of Congress?
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Voting Rights Act of 1965.
– In early 1965, Dr. King mounted a voter registration
drive in Selma, Alabama. These efforts were met with
violence—three civil rights workers were murdered
and many beaten. This led to President Johnson to
urge Congress to pass new and stronger legislation to
protect voting rights of African Americans.
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How did the Supreme Court rule in Smith v.
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Primaries must follow 15th Amendment rules.
Allright?
– Supreme Court ruled that primary elections are a part
of the voting process. Therefore, primaries must
follow 15th amendment rules. This kept political
parties from having “white primaries” that excluded
African American voters.
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The United States Commission on Civil Rights
was set up by which act of Congress?
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Civil Rights Act of 1957.
– This group investigated all claims of voter
discrimination.
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1960 do to help
enforce voting rights?
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Federal referees could investigate discrimination.
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Which of the following permanently banned
literacy tests as a qualification for voting?
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Voting Rights Act of 1975.
– Voting Rights Act of 1970 provided that, for five
years, no State could use literacy as a basis for any
voting requirement. Voting Rights Act of 1975 made
this ban permanent.
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The “time-zone fallout” problem is most likely to
discourage voter turnout where?
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West
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Which group is difficult to count but probably
includes about one-third of all voters?
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Independents
– They are difficult to count because they do not
register as members of a party.
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What is the main reason for nonvoting?
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Lack of interest.
– Although inconvenient registration requirements, bad
weather, and time-zone fallout may all discourage
voter turnout, the chief cause is simply lack of
interest. These people are usually uninformed.
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The single most significant and lasting predictor
of how a person will vote is…?
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Party identification
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What is political socialization?
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Political socialization is the way that people get
their political attitudes and opinions. This
includes all the experiences that influence one’s
political behavior. An example would be family
members tending to vote for the same political
party.
Final Jeopardy
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Which is the only state that does not require
voters to register?
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North Dakota