Chapter 10: Voting and Elections in Texas

Question 1

Behavior utilized by the public to influence government decision making and who gets elected to office

Answer 1

political participation

Question 2

Involves more routine political activities and strategies to influence government (for example: voting)

Answer 2

conventional participation

Question 3

Involves less common activities, challenges the status quo, and involves more political and social activism (for example: protesting)

Answer 3

non-conventional participation

Question 4

A citizen that is registered to vote

Answer 4

registered voter

Question 5

Accounts for the characteristics of a population

Answer 5

social environment

Question 6

Generally refers to being informed about elections and the political process

Answer 6

political knowledge

Question 7

Occurs when high levels of political dissatisfaction with party officials, elected officials, or public policies

Answer 7

political party competition

Question 8

How people develop their values, knowledge, perceptions, and views about government and politics

Answer 8

political socialization

Question 9

The thoughts, attitudes, and feelings that influence political behavior

Answer 9

cognitive traits

Question 10

What is the most common form of political participation in the U.S.?

Answer 10

voting

Question 11

What are the voting requirements in the U.S.?

Answer 11

U.S. citizenship
At least 18 years of age
Fulfilling your state’s voter registration requirement

Question 12

A right granted to American citizens that allow citizens to have a say in government by choosing public officials to represent them ad fight on their behalf

Answer 12

Voting

Question 13

The act of preventing a person or a group of people from voting

Answer 13

disenfranchise

Question 14

A type of government in which power is divided between a national, state, and local government

Answer 14

Federalism

Question 15

“[t]he times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof, but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of chusing senators.”

Answer 15

Article 1, section 4 of the U.S. Constitution

Question 16

The right to vote

Answer 16

suffrage

Question 17

The idea that a citizen of the United States is a citizen of this country and the state in which the person resides

Answer 17

dual citizenship

Question 18

The process established by a government to ensure a person a fair treatment under the law when facing a criminal matter

Answer 18

due process

Question 19

“[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

Answer 19

Section 1 of the 14th Amendment

Question 20

The landmark Supreme Court case that limited the 14th Amendment to political and civil rights such as serving in a jury and voting while ignoring the other components of the Amendment. This case also created the disgraceful concept of separate but equal.

Answer 20

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 21

In what year was the 15th Amendment passed?

Answer 21

1870

Question 22

Prevented disenfranchisement from states based on race and allowed minority men (except Native Americans) to vote in the United State

Answer 22

15th Amendment

Question 23

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Answer 23

Section 1 of the 15th Amendment

Question 24

“The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”

Answer 24

Section 2 of the 15th Amendment

Question 25

When did the women's suffrage movement start?

Answer 25

1848

Question 26

Who were key suffragists in the women's suffrage movement?

Answer 26

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

Question 27

When did Texan women form the Texas Woman Suffrage Association?

Answer 27

1903

Question 28

Voting on the basis of gender "[t]he right of citizens of the United States to vote should not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."

Answer 28

19th Amendment

Question 29

A Mexican American woman born in Texas

Answer 29

Tejana

Question 30

Which Southern state was the first to ratify the 19th Amendment on June 28, 1919?

Answer 30

Texas

Question 31

Voting on the basis of age "[t]he right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of age."

Answer 31

26th Amendment

Question 32

Laws aimed at preventing minority and poor men from voting

Answer 32

Jim Crow Laws

Question 33

Required citizens to pay to vote

Answer 33

Poll tax

Question 34

Required citizens to be able to read, to have at least a 5th grade education and pass a wrongly designed and implemented test to vote

Answer 34

Literacy test

Question 35

Stated that men could only vote if their grandfather had been able to vote

Answer 35

Grandfather clause

Question 36

A primary election where only Anglo registered voters may cast a vote

Answer 36

white primaries

Question 37

In what year did Native Americans obtain the right to vote in the U.S.? A. 1962 B. 1920 C. 1870 D. 1864

Answer 37

A. 1962

Question 38

Which amendment allowed women the right to vote in the U.S.? A. 19th Amendment B. 15th Amendment C. 14th Amendment D. 24th Amendment

Answer 38

A. 19th Amendment

Question 39

Which amendment allowed minority men the right to vote in the United States? A. 13th Amendment B. 15th Amendment C. 14th Amendment D. 19th Amendment

Answer 39

B. 15th Amendment

Question 40

Which amendment allowed 18 year old citizens to vote in the U.S.? A. 26th Amendment B. 19th Amendment C. 24th Amendment D. 13th Amendment

Answer 40

A. 26th Amendment

Question 41

Which amendment removed the poll tax? A. 24th Amendment B. 19th Amendment C. 13th Amendment D. 15th Amendment

Answer 41

A. 24th Amendment

Question 42

What is suffrage? A. The right to run for office. B. The number of people that vote in an election. C. The right to vote. D. None of the above.

Answer 42

C. The right to vote

Question 43

What are the Jim Crow Laws? A. Laws aimed at preventing women from voting. B. Laws aimed at preventing minority men and poor men from voting. C. Laws aimed at preventing Native Americans from voting. D. None of the above.

Answer 43

B. Laws aimed at preventing minority men and poor men from voting.

Question 44

Which law required men to pay to vote? A. Poll tax B. Literacy test C. Grandfather clause D. None of the above

Answer 44

A. Poll tax

Question 45

Which law required men to prove a 5th grade education and be able to read to vote? A. Literacy test B. Poll tax C. Grandfather clause D. None of the above

Answer 45

A. Literacy test

Question 46

Which Supreme Court case prohibited white primaries in Texas? A. Smith v. Allwright B. Grovey v. Townsend C. Nixon v. Herdon D. Nixon v. Condon

Answer 46

A. Smith v. Allwright

Question 47

Which Supreme Court case declared the Grandfather clause unconstitutional? A. Guinn v. U.S. B. Plessy v. Ferguson C. Smith v. Allwright D. Grovey v. Townsend

Answer 47

A. Guinn v. U.S.

Question 48

The Voting Rights Act of 1975 removed voting discrimination based on language in the United States. True or False

Answer 48

True