Civics Unit 6 Vocabulary

What is a poll?

• the right to vote or the exercise of this right

• to give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote

• the casting of a ballot or the recording of votes in an election

• a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country

• a right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth

What is an alien?

• the right to vote or the exercise of this right

• to give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote

• to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote

• a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country

• a right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth

What is redistricting?

• the right to vote or the exercise of this right

• to change the boundary lines of districts, especially electoral ones

• to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote

• a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country

• a right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth

What is suffrage?

• the right to vote or the exercise of this right

• to give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote

• to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote

• a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country

• a right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth

What is gerrymandering?

• the right to vote or the exercise of this right

• to give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote

• to draw the boundaries of election districts to favor a particular political party

• a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country

• a right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth

What is intimidation?

• the right to vote or the exercise of this right

• to give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote

• to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote

• the act of making another fearful by means of threats or other shows of power

• a right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth

What is enfranchisement?

• the right to vote or the exercise of this right

• to give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote

• to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote

• a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country

• a right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth

What is nativism?

• the practice that favors and preserves the interests of natives over those of more recent settlers

• to give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote

• to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote

• a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country

• a right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth

What is disenfranchisement?

• the right to vote or the exercise of this right

• to give the rights of a citizen, especially the right to vote

• to deprive (someone) of a right of citizenship, especially the right to vote

• a resident of a country who is not a citizen of that country

• a right, privilege, or possession, such as property, to which one is entitled by birth