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AP GOV 5.1+5.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| civil rights act of 1964 | outlawed discriminatio based on race, color, religion, sex, or national orgin |
| electorate | all the people entitled to vote in a given election |
| 15th amendment (1870) | u.s. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed |
| grandfather clause | allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before reconstruction |
| literacy test | a test given to a person ot prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote |
| 19th amendment (1920) | gave women the right to vote |
| party identification | a citizens self-proclaimed prefrence for one party or the other |
| party-line voting | casting votes for only canditates of ones party |
| poll tax | a requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote |
| preclearance | mandated by the voting rights act of 1965, the prior approval by the justice department of changes to or new election laws by certain states |
| prospective voting model | model of voting in which citizens select canditates based on what they promise to accomplish once in office |
| rational choice voting model | voting based on what is perceived to be in the citizens individual intrest |
| retrospective voting model | voting for a candidate because you like their past actions in office |
| 17th amendment (1913) | direct election of senators |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| 24th amendment (1964) | abolishes poll taxes |
| 26th amendment (1971) | lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 |
| 23rd amendment | gave residents of washington dc the right to vote in presidenial elections |
| voting rights act of 1965 | a law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to african-american in suffrage |
| white primary | a state party election that restricts voting to whites only; outlawed by the supreme court in 1944 |
| absentee ballot | one that allows a person to vote without going to the polls on election day |
| australian ballot | a secret ballot/form of voting |
| gender gap | a distinctive pattern of voting behavior reflecting the differences in views between women and men |
| help america vote act of 2002 | a federal law meant to reduce barriers to participation in elections |
| midterm election | an election that takes place in the middle of a presidential term |
| national voter registration act of 1993 | this act passed in 1993 and frequently called the "Motor Vehicle Act" is a piece of legislation that includes a provision that makes it possible to register to vote when applying for or renewing your drivers license |
| political efficacy | the belief that one's political participation really matters - that one's vote can actually make a difference |
| polling place | the location where voting is carried out |
| precincts | voting disctricts |
| provisional ballot | a vote that is cast but not counted until determination is made that the voter is properly registered |
| voter apathy | the lack of interest among the citizenry in participating in elections |
| voter registration | system designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to those who have established eligibility to vote by submitting the proper documents |
| voter turnout | the number of eligible voters who actually vote in an election |
| voting blocs | the number of eligible voters who actually vote in an election |
| voting eligible population | citizens who have reached the minimum age to be eligible to vote, excluding those who are not legally permitted to cast a ballot |
| wards | divisions of a city for electoral or administrative purposes or as units for organizing political parties |
| franchise | the right to vote |
| voting-age population | citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the age of 18 |
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