Chp 7

Which of the following nations has the highest voter turnout rates:

Belgium

Which of the following are common recommendations to enhance voter participation in the United States?

Keep polls open longer on Election Day Opening poll center for several days before Election Day Making Election Day a national holiday

Which of the following tactics were used to disenfranchise blacks in the post-Civil War South despite the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment?

Literacy Test Publicized list of voters

What law did Congress enact in 1993 that require states to allow people to register to vote when applying for a driver's license or public assistance

Motor Voter Act

Free societies thrive on the _ of citizens in their civic and political life of their communities

Participation

Suffrage is the right to

Vote

The proportion of eligible adult citizens who actually vote in given elections is known as

Votor Turnout

Why did states start registering voters

to prevent individuals from voting multiple times in the same election

What is a social or political movement?

A way for disenchanted citizens to voice their displeasure with government policy

Which amendment to the Constitution granted women the right to vote in the United States?

Nineteenth

Which of the following arguments drew large support for passing the twenty-sixth amendment, granting eighteen-year-olds the right to vote?

Since eighteen-year-olds were eligible for the draft, they should also be able to vote.