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Ch11 Voting
Key Terms from Chap 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Qualifications to Vote | - Age - Residency - Citizenship -Registration |
| When did Native Americans get the right to vote? | 1924 (Snyder Act) |
| 15th Amendment | Suffrage for blacks (1870) |
| 17th Amendment | Popular election (directly by the people) of 2 US Senators from each state (1913) |
| 19th Amendment | Suffrage for women (1920) |
| 23rd Amendment | Washington DC given electors in Electoral College (like a state) (1961) |
| 24th Amendment | Prohibits federal and state governments from imposing "poll tax" (1964) |
| 26th Amendment | Voting age to 18 (1971) |
| Disenfranchise | Take away the right to vote (suffrage) |
| Restrictions Placed on Black Voters | 1. Literacy Test 2. Poll Taxes 3. Grandfather Clause 4. White Primary 5. Ku Klux Klan |
| White Primary | Prohibiting blacks from voting in the Primary elections, where most of the General election results were determined |
| Largest Minority in the US | Hispanics |
| Efficacy | Extent to which a person believes they can have an effect on government. |