Chapter 8

Question 1

Political Particpation

Answer 1

The many different ways that people take part in politics and government.

Question 2

Voting-Age Population (VAP)

Answer 2

Citizens who are eligible to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement.

Question 3

Voting-Eligible Population (VEP)

Answer 3

Citizens who have reached the minimum age to be eligible to vote, excluding those who are not legally permitted to cast a ballot.

Question 4

Registered Voters

Answer 4

People who are registered to vote.

Question 5

Literacy Test

Answer 5

A requirement that citizens show that they can read before registering to vote.

Question 6

Poll Tax

Answer 6

A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote.

Question 7

Grandfather Clause

Answer 7

A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867.

Question 8

White Primary

Answer 8

The practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states’ primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation.

Question 9

Australian Ballot

Answer 9

A government-printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public.

Question 10

Activists

Answer 10

People who tend to participate in all forms of politics.