Ch.18 Assessment Political Science

Requiring a literacy test before allowing a person to vote was discriminatory because

• it meant that voters had to own property

• it violated the 26th Amendment

• requirement was not applied equally to all people

• test was given only to women

In the late 1800s, discrimination against African Americans who attempted to vote was most common in

• big cities

• Northeast

• South

• wealthier areas of the U.S.

After the passage of the 19th Amendment

• poll taxes became illegal

• some states implemented grandfather clauses

• women had the legal right to vote but had a difficult time exercising it

• women did not face the discriminatory voting laws that African Americans did

The 26th Amendment greatly increased the number of Americans eligible to vote by

• eliminating discriminatory voting laws

• lowering the voting age to 18

• passing grandfather clauses

• requiring voters to pass a literacy test

The length of a president's term in office

• longer than a senators

• 6 years

• twice as long as a representative

• varies depending on the election results

What a major reason that President Obama broke fundraising records in 2008?

• He appealed to business groups

• he ignored the opposition point of view

• he played on people's fear of the opposition

• his campaign websites simplified making donations

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act banned the use of

• gerrymandering to reduce the power of minority votes

• glittering generalities as a campaign propaganda technique

• soft money donations to issue groups to support specific candidates

• superPACs to campaign on specific controversial issues

The National Voter Registration Act was designed to

• do away with state residency requirements for voting

• make the voter registration process more accessible for all people

• make certain that voter registration procedures are identical in all states

• simplify recalling an elected official at both state and federal levels

What was the main reason that many people were denied suffrage in the early period of US History?

• each state had its own rules concerning who could vote in national elections

• few people, especially those who did not own property, had any desire to be involved in elections

• only a small group of people had access to the information needed to make informed decisions

• many of those in power thought wealthy, well educated white men could make the best choices.

An important goal of Freedom Summer was to

• aid African Americans in registering to vote

• encourage the passage of the 26th Amendment

• register more young people between ages 18 and 21 to votes

• work toward financial reform in candidate campaigns