Unit 5 Fast & Curious Civic Responsibility & Pol. Influences

active participation in the public life of a community

examples: voting, jury duty, obeying laws, paying taxes, military service

• propaganda

• civic responsibility

• sound bite

• personal responsibility

the right to vote

• suffrage

• political socialization

• gerrymandering

• lobbying

making a choice among alternatives in an eleciton

• lobbying

• political socialization

• gerrymandering

• voting

voting exclusively for the candidates of one party in an election

• straight-ticket voting

• split-ticket voting

voting for candidates of different parties for different offices in the same election

• straight-ticket voting

• split-ticket voting

gave African American men the right to vote

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

gave women the right to vote

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

lowered the voting age from 21 to 18

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions

• public policy

• political socialization

• mass media

• suffrage

helped ensure voting rights for African Americans; eliminated poll taxes and literacy tests

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 26th Amendment

• Baker v. Carr

• Civil Rights Act of 1964