Unit 5 Chapter 12 Voting and Elections Vocabulary

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Absentee ballot

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A ballot completed and typically mailed in advance of an election by a voter who is unable to be present at the polls.

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Who was Andrew Jackson?

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Founder of the Democratic Party; President of the 'Common Man'

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Apathy in the context of politics

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Lack of interest or concern regarding politics and policymaking

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What is an Australian ballot?

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A government printed ballot of uniform size and shape to be cast in secret that was adopted by many states around 1890 in order to reduce the voting fraud associated with party printed ballots cast in public.

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What did the Civil Rights Act (1957, 1964) address?

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1957 - addressed discrimination in voter registration and established the U.S. Office of Civil Right, an enforcement agency in the Justice Department. 1964 - also addressed voting.

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Who are the electorate?

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All the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.

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What is the Fifteenth Amendment?

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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.

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Franchise (in the context of voting)

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The right to vote

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What is the gender gap in politics?

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Difference in political views between men and women

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What was the Grandfather Clause?

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Allowed people to vote if their father or grandfather had voted before Reconstruction