Election Day 2018

In the US, a general election is held every ____ years on the first ______ after the first ______ in November.

• 2, Monday, Tuesday

• 4, Monday, Tuesday

• 2, Tuesday, Monday

• 4, Tuesday, Monday

• 5, Tuesday, Sunday

The official US election day became law in what year?

• 1825

• 1845

• 1865

• 1885

Before the election day law was passed , states had a "window" of ____days to hold their elections.

• 28 (four weeks)

• 30

• 34

• 36

In selecting the new universal general election day, weekends were ruled out for what reason?

• market day

• athletic events

• farm work

• church

• a "day of rest" was needed

In selecting the new universal general election day, Wednesday was ruled out fr what reason?

• laundry day

• school day

• midweek church day (night)

• market day

• sabbath

The US was originally a nation of:

• Democrats

• Republicans

• workers

• inventors

• farmers

To avoid a) interfering with the harvest, and b) travelling in winter weather, ___________ was chosen as "election month".

• October

• Spring

• Summer

• November

• Autumn

Read this excerpt. What colony did he create?

• Quaker State

• The Pacific State

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Freeland

A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable is called:

• a wimp

• a sadist

• a pacifist

• a ventriloquist

• a misogynist

Name the region encompassing the vast southernmost tip of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile, with the Andes Mountains as its dividing line.

• Paranoia

• Paratrooper

• Platypus

• Patagonia

• Pennsylvania