
Ordonner les Lettres 18-1 & 2 Expand Voter Rights & Influences on Voters (D)Version en ligne Students will explain how citizens in the United States participate in public elections as voters and supporters of candidates for public office. par Zuan Suarez 1 To increase voter turnout, some states allow early voting or ___ balloting. T E E N B S A E 2 1960s: young Americans argued that if we are old enough to fight for their country, they were old enough to vote, and the 26th amendment changed the voting age from ___ to eighteen. E E T O N T N Y W 3 To increase voter turnout, some reforms suggest shifting Election Day from Tuesday to ___ . D S Y R A T A U 4 1920: Women gained the right to vote with the ___ Amendment, but did not face the legal barriers that African Americans faced. I T N H E T N N E E 5 Citizens are more likely to vote if they are ___ , middle-aged, and hold high socioeconomic status C E E D T U A D 6 1965: ___ ___ Act resulted in 200 African American mayors in cities of all sizes, such as Richard Hatcher, Mayor of Gary, Indiana. H G I I V T T O S R G N 7 Voter turnout may be impacted by requiring ___ , which Republicans favor, and which Democrats oppose. N D T P F H T C T I N I I O E O O A I 8 1964: ___ Amendment outlawed the poll tax in national elections, and 1966 Harper v. Virginia Board of Election eliminated it in state elections. T H N Y T U T O E F R W 9 European nations, government ___ eligible citizens to vote; In the U.S., the burden of registering falls on the citizen. S E I R R E S T G 10 Southern leaders disenfranchised African American voters with the ___ Clause, which said: only voters whose grandfathers voted before 1867 were eligible to vote. F A G T R E N R H D A 11 Presidential Election Voting was 69% in 1964 & 56% in 2012; Voter participation in U.S. is low compared to democracies around the ___ . W O L D R 12 1870: the 15th Amendment was the first time the Constitution dictated rules to states about who was allowed to ___ . T O E V 13 Strong party voters are those who select their party’s candidates regardless of the specific issues; They vote ___ ___ticket. R S H Y T A P G R A T I T 14 1850s: state legislatures abolished voting restrictions based on property requirements & ___ affiliation. S I I G E U O L R 15 These four factors drive voters’ ___ ___ : voter’s personal background, loyalty to party, candidate qualifications, & issues. C N C T E L C S E I H O I E O 16 After creating the Constitution, Congress made no laws regulating ___ elections until after the Civil War. A E R L E F D 17 People have proposed limits to Congressional terms, but efforts to amend the Constitution have failed; though 36 states have limits on ___ terms. R E O V G O R N 18 Voting restrictions existed because educated white men believed voting was best left to wealthy, white, property-owning males, because they made ___ ___ . R E I S C C H O E S W I 19 1845: ___ ___ is Tuesday after the first Monday in November, & most states use this federal date as well. C T E D O I N E Y A L 20 Before American Revolution, these groups could not vote: Women, African Americans, & White males who did not ___ ___ ; so 6% of the adult population was eligible to vote. R E P O R P T O Y W N

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18-1 & 2 Expand Voter Rights & Influences on Voters (D)Version en ligne

Students will explain how citizens in the United States participate in public elections as voters and supporters of candidates for public office.

par Zuan Suarez

To increase voter turnout, some states allow early voting or ___ balloting.

1960s: young Americans argued that if we are old enough to fight for their country, they were old enough to vote, and the 26th amendment changed the voting age from ___ to eighteen.

To increase voter turnout, some reforms suggest shifting Election Day from Tuesday to ___ .

1920: Women gained the right to vote with the ___ Amendment, but did not face the legal barriers that African Americans faced.

Citizens are more likely to vote if they are ___ , middle-aged, and hold high socioeconomic status

1965: _ _ Act resulted in 200 African American mayors in cities of all sizes, such as Richard Hatcher, Mayor of Gary, Indiana.

H G I I V T T O S R G N

Voter turnout may be impacted by requiring ___ , which Republicans favor, and which Democrats oppose.

N D T P F H T C T I N I I O E O O A I

1964: ___ Amendment outlawed the poll tax in national elections, and 1966 Harper v. Virginia Board of Election eliminated it in state elections.

T H N Y T U T O E F R W

European nations, government ___ eligible citizens to vote; In the U.S., the burden of registering falls on the citizen.

Southern leaders disenfranchised African American voters with the ___ Clause, which said: only voters whose grandfathers voted before 1867 were eligible to vote.

Presidential Election Voting was 69% in 1964 & 56% in 2012; Voter participation in U.S. is low compared to democracies around the ___ .

1870: the 15th Amendment was the first time the Constitution dictated rules to states about who was allowed to ___ .

Strong party voters are those who select their party’s candidates regardless of the specific issues; They vote _ _ticket.

R S H Y T A P G R A T I T

1850s: state legislatures abolished voting restrictions based on property requirements & ___ affiliation.

These four factors drive voters’ _ _ : voter’s personal background, loyalty to party, candidate qualifications, & issues.

C N C T E L C S E I H O I E O

After creating the Constitution, Congress made no laws regulating ___ elections until after the Civil War.

People have proposed limits to Congressional terms, but efforts to amend the Constitution have failed; though 36 states have limits on ___ terms.

Voting restrictions existed because educated white men believed voting was best left to wealthy, white, property-owning males, because they made _ _ .

R E I S C C H O E S W I

1845: _ _ is Tuesday after the first Monday in November, & most states use this federal date as well.

C T E D O I N E Y A L

Before American Revolution, these groups could not vote: Women, African Americans, & White males who did not _ _ ; so 6% of the adult population was eligible to vote.

R E P O R P T O Y W N