AP Gov - Unit 5 Vocab

Match Vocab term with the definition

changed the practice for electing Senators from a vote by state legislatures to a direct vote by the peoplegranted women the right to voteprovides that the District of Columbia shall appoint electors

• 14th Amendment

• granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including formerly enslaved people

• 17th Amendment

• granted African American men the right to vote

• 19th Amendment

• provides that the District of Columbia shall appoint electors

• 15th Amendment

• granted women the right to vote

• 23rd Amendment

• New prompt 1changed the practice for electing Senators from a vote by state legislatures to a direct vote by the people

What term is the Amendment that eliminated poll taxes, a structural barrier to voting?

• 24th Amendment
• 12th Amendment
• 18th Amendment
• 21st Amendment

What amendment lowered the voting age to 18

• 24th Amendment
• 26th Amendment
• 23rd Amendment

• 20th Amendment

What term refers to individuals who base their decisions on what is perceived to be in their best interest?

• Prospective voting

• Retrospective voting

• Rational choice theory

• Straight-ticket voting

• Split-ticket voting

What term refers to individuals who decide whether the party or candidate in power should be reelected based on the recent past?

• Prospective voting

• Retrospective voting

• Rational choice theory

• Straight-ticket voting

• Split-ticket voting

What term refers to individuals who vote for candidates from different political parties when multiple offices are being decided by a single election?

• Prospective voting

• Retrospective voting

• Rational choice theory

• Straight-ticket voting

• Split-ticket voting

What term refers to individuals who vote based on predictions of how a party or candidate will perform in the future?

• Prospective voting

• Retrospective voting

• Rational choice theory

• Straight-ticket voting

• Split-ticket voting

What term refers to individuals who vote for all of the candidates from one political party on a ballot?

• Prospective voting

• Retrospective voting

• Rational choice theory

• Straight-ticket voting

• Split-ticket voting

What term means differences in state-controlled elections (the hours polls are open, Voter ID laws, variations in funding for polling places and workers, variations in types of voting allowed, such as voting by mail, absentee voting, and early voting) ii. Variations in voter registration laws and procedures (registering in-person, online, or automatically) iii. Election type (more turnout for presidential elections than midterm elections)

• Voter Suppression
• Voter Turnout

• Election Fraud
• Political Campaigning

What term means such as Voter ID laws, variations in funding for polling places and workers, variations in types of voting allowed, polling hours, availability of absentee ballots, voting by mail, and early voting opportunities, ability to register in-person and/or online,

• Political regulations
• Strutural restrictions

• Election Barriers

• Structural Barriers