Unit 5: Elections and Voting

Unit 5: Elections and Voting Test Review Mr. Young

The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November is • a. Thanksgiving. c. Election Day. • b. Presidents Day. d. Veterans Day.

Created in 1974, this independent executive branch agency is responsible for keeping the records of political contributions given to candidates. • a. Political Action Committee. • b. Social Security office. • c. Voting Rights Act Commission. • d. Federal Election Commission.

The Founders believed that only these people should be able to vote. • a. politicians. • b. the same religion. • c. all U.S. citizens. • d. white, male property owners.

These voters are considered weak party voters because they are unaffiliated with either party, yet they have been influential in electing Presidential candidates over the last few elections. • a. liberals c. independents • b. conservatives d. moderates

This term refers to ideas, information, or rumors that are used to influence opinion, especially in political advertisement. • a. propaganda c. "plain folk" technique • b. images d. political agendas

Each states _________________________ is equal to the number of representatives and senators from that state. • a. poll tax c. soft money • b. cross-pressure vote d. electoral vote

What Amendment, passed in 1920, gave women the right to vote? • a. suffrage • b. the Voting Rights Act • c. the Nineteenth Amendment • d. the Fifteenth Amendment

What amendment, passed in 1870, gave African Americans the right to vote? • a. the Fifteenth Amendment • b. the grandfather clause • c. the Nineteenth Amendment • d. the Voting Rights Act

This voter is usally caught between conflicting issues in their lives, such as religion, income level and family. • a. cross-pressured voters. c. party voters. • b. conflicting voters. d. political voters.

This woman, who was the leader of the National Women’s Party in the early 1900’s, was responsible for helping to protest in front of the White House and went on a hunger strike while thrown in prison. • a. Alice Paul c. Susan B. Anthony • b. Elizabeth Cady Stanton d. Hilary Clinton

Party loyalists will usually vote this way, meaning they will only vote for candidates that are within their party affiliation. A person that votes this way will usually hit one button and it will vote for everyone within that particular party. • a. cross-pressured ticket. c. landslide. • b. straight-party ticket. d. political ticket.

This legislation was one of the most effective suffrage laws ever passed in the country (in 1965) and it directly brought the federal government into the electoral process of the states, helping to make voter registration more easily accessible to African Americans in the South. • a. Suffrage Act c. Voting Rights Act • b. 15th Amendment d. Civil Rights Act

If you are not going to be able to vote on election day, this special ballot will allow you to fill out an election ballot and mail it back into the proper election official. • a. Registration Ballot c. Tardy Ballot • b. Absentee Ballot d. Out-of-Town Ballot

Most election laws are passed at the ________ level. • a. party c. local • b. federal d. state

The most costly item in a typical campaign budget today are • a. newspaper/magazine ads • b. pamphlets and poster • c. travel and entertainment • d. television ads/apperances

The term for funds and donations given directly to the PAC or individuals for general purposes and “party buldings activities”, such as voter registration drives. Party organizations have found it fairly easy to filter these unregulated funds into their candidate’s campaign efforts. • a. hard money c. money laundering • b. soft money d. constituency

Which one of the following is not a requirement for voting in America • a. 18 years old c. Citizen of the United States • b. Not a felon d. Speak or read English

In 1971, this group finally received the right to vote, using the slogan “Old enough to fight and die, old enough to vote.” • a. African Americans c. Latinos • b. Women d. 18-20 year old

The maximum contribution that an individual may make to a single candidate’s campaign: • a. $1,000 c. $5,000 • b. $2,500 d. $9,900

To be elected President, a person must have won ________ of the 538 Electoral College votes • a. 225 c. 270 • b. 250 d. 290

This person is responsible for the overall strategy and planning of the campaign. • a. party state chairperson • b. party local chairperson • c. campaign manager • d. party manager

This state has the most electoral votes. • a. Texas-52 c. New York- 51 • b. California-55 d. Florida- 29

A ______________, which is an organization formed to collect money and provide financial support to the candidate, may contribute $5,000 to an individual and $15,000 to a national party. • a. Political Action Committee • b. Special Interest Groups • c. Patronage Groups • d. Federal Election Groups

This term urges voters to support a particular issue, such as gun control, and will often contain a candidate’s name but will not say whether to vote for or against that candidate. • a. Propaganda Ads c. Local Interest Ads • b. Special Interest Ads d. Issue Advocacy Ads

The ________________________, is a “secret ballot” printed at state expense and was adopted in America to prevent voter intimidation. • a. Closed Ballot c. German Ballot • b. New Zealand Ballot d. Australian Ballot

Unit 5: Elections and Voting