Elections and Voting

Before the American Revolution, who was allowed to vote in most colonies?

• all white adults who owned property

• all white adult males

• all adult males who owned property

• all white adult males who owned property

Which amendment to the Constitution formally extended the right to vote to African Americans?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

In a national campaign organization, who is responsible for the overall strategy and planning?

• the candidate

• the media strategist

• the campaign manager

• the state party chairperson

What propaganda technique urges voters to support a candidate because everyone else is?

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

• Card Stacking

• Common Man or Plain Folks.

Direct contributions to a candidate’s political campaign is called what…

• Hard Money

• Soft Money

• Campaigning

• Political Action Committee PAC’s

Some people are against limits on campaign contributions because they think

• campaign contributions are becoming more important than campaign spending.

• limits keep incumbents from becoming overly powerful.

• candidates with fewer financial resources will be penalized.

• limits are a violation of the right to free speech.

Pick on of the following and explain why it could be bias against former enslaved persons: grandfather clauses, poll taxes, or literacy tests. Explain your answer.

Another name for the right to VOTE is called...

Which group of Americans gained the right to vote under the Twenty-sixth Amendment?

• Women

• African Americans

• 18 year old's

• African American Men

Voting is a State power or a Federal Government Power?

• States RIGHT!

• Federal RIGHT!

• Both

• The Galactic Empire! Muhaha