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Mr. McCormackBig Idea WorksheetAmerican GovernmentStudy GuideCentral Dauphin High SchoolChapter 6 – Voters and Voter BehaviorSection One: The Right to Vote (p 148-150)The history of American suffrage since 1789 has been marked by two long-term trends: (p148)1. __________________________________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________________________________The growth of the American electorate has come in five fairly distinct stages: (p 149-150)EraWhat restrictions disappeared?Who became eligible to vote?Early 1800s1870s1920s1960s1970sThe __________ does not have the power to set suffrage qualifications. That power is reserved to the _________. (p 150)The Constitution does place several restrictions on the power to set suffrage qualifications: (p 150)SectionRestrictionArticle I, Section 2, Clause 115th Amendment19th Amendment24th Amendment26th Amendment14th Amendment’s Equal Protection ClauseMr. McCormackBig Idea WorksheetAmerican GovernmentStudy GuideCentral Dauphin High SchoolChapter 6 – Voters and Voter BehaviorSection Two: Voter Qualifications (p 152-157)Today, every state requires that any person who wants to vote must be able to satisfy qualifications based on __________, __________, and __________. (p 152)__________ are denied the right to vote in the United States, though nothing in the __________ says that they cannot vote. _________ permitted them to vote until 1926. (152)Residence requirements serve two purposes: preventing ________ from affecting the outcome of local elections and allowing new voters to become more familiar with the _________ and _________. (p 152-153)Congress has banned any requirement longer than _________ for voting in presidential elections. (p 153)The Supreme Court has suggested ________ would be appropriate for state elections. (p 153)Today, most states require residency but impose _________ time limit. (p 153)Prior to 1970, only ________ states allowed people younger than 21 to vote. (p 153)In some states, _________ can now vote in primary elections if they will be 18 before the general election. __________ has come very close to lowering the voting age to 17 for all elections. (p 154)Every state but ________ requires voters to register in order to vote. (p 154)It is a procedure of voter ________ intended to prevent _________. (p 154)Typically, a prospective voter must register his or her ________, _________, _________, _________, _________, and similar facts. (p 154)Voters typically remain registered until they ________, ________, is ________, or ________. State laws do require the _______ of those no longer eligible to vote. (p 154)Literacy requirements were once commonly used to _______ certain groups from voting. (p 156)Congress eliminated literacy as a suffrage qualification in _______. (p 156)The 24th Amendment eliminated the ________ as a requirement to vote in federal elections, and the Supreme Court eliminated it for all elections in ________. (157)None of the states allow people in __________ to vote. (p 157)One fourth of the states prohibit anyone who _________ from ever gaining the right to vote. (p 157)Mr. McCormackBig Idea WorksheetAmerican GovernmentStudy GuideCentral Dauphin High SchoolChapter 6 – Voters and Voter BehaviorSection Three: Suffrage and Civil Rights (p 159-163)The __________ Amendment was plainly intended to ensure that __________ could vote, but for almost _________ years the Federal Government paid little attention to their voting rights. (p 159)During that period, violence, intimidation, and several more “legal” devices kept African-Americans from voting. Explain how each of the following disenfranchised minority voters. (p 159-160)Gerrymandering: _____________________________________________________________________Which Supreme Court case outlawed racial gerrymandering? ____________________________White Primaries: _____________________________________________________________________Which Supreme Court case outlawed white primaries? _________________________________Please describe the effects each of the following laws had on voting. (p 160-162)LawEffectsCivil Rights Act of 1957Civil Rights Act of 1960Civil Rights Act of 1964Voting Rights Act of 1965What were the effects of later amendments to the Voting Rights Act? (p 162-163)1970 Amendments: __________________________________________________________________________1975 Amendments: __________________________________________________________________________1982 Amendments: __________________________________________________________________________1992 Amendments: __________________________________________________________________________Mr. McCormackBig Idea WorksheetAmerican GovernmentStudy GuideCentral Dauphin High SchoolChapter 6 – Voters and Voter BehaviorSection Four: Voter Behavior (p 164-172)As a general rule, the farther down the ballot an office is, the _________ votes it will receive. (p 165)Among non-voters, a sizable minority are ineligible to vote for various reasons: ________, ________, _________, ________, _________, __________. (p 165)Of those who could vote but choose not to, the chief cause is _________. (p 166)Many are convinced that it makes little real difference who _________. (p 166)Many refuse to vote because they don’t trust _________ and __________. (p 166)Many believe that their votes have no real _________ on what government does. (p 166)Cumbersome __________ discourage voters from turning out, as can bad __________. (p 166)What are some factors that make people more likely to vote? (167-168) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Three sources that teach us about voter behavior are __________, __________, and __________. (p 168)Please indicate the voting tendencies of each group in the chart below. (p 169-171)DemocratCharacteristicRepublicanPoorRichCollege GraduatesHigh School Drop-OutsWomenMenYouthElderlyProtestant ChristiansNon-ChristiansFrequent Church-goersAfrican-AmericansWhitesLatinosSouthernersNortheasternersThe practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election is called __________. (p 171)The practice of voting for the candidates of more than one party in an election is called _________. (p 171)While a majority of Americans still identify themselves with one or the other of the major parties, a large number now call themselves _________. (p 171) ................
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