Which is the reason why states have voter registration?

to keep people from voting more than once

to protect the voting rights of aliens and transients

so political parties can contact voters at election time

so states can enforce laws that require citizens to vote

When people register to vote, which question must they answer?

How long have you lived at your current address?

Do you understand the Bill of Rights?

Have you paid your property taxes?

Literacy tests used in the South threatened to keep white males from voting as well as African Americans. What did these southern states do to make sure that white males who couldn't read could still vote?

States added a grandfather clause to their constitutions.

States made it harder to drop out of high school.

States helped more white males to learn to read.

Congress added a grgandfather clause to the Constitution.

In 1920, how did the 19th Amendment expand the electorate?

It gave women the right to vote.

It lowered the voting age to 18.

It ended property ownership requirements for voting.

It ended religious requirements for voting.

Which person would NOT meet the universal requirements for voting?

a 17-year-old with a job who has lived in a state for one week.

an 18-year-old legal resident who doesn't know the issues or candidates.

a 21-year-old legal resident who does not belong to a political party

a 21-year-old without a job who has lived in a state for three months

prohibit transients from voting.

have lowered the voting age to 17.

have abolished residence requirements.

Even after the passage of the 15th Amendment, what group remained the largest group of disenfranchised citizens in the United States for nearly 90 years?

those who had fought for the Confederacy

Voter Qualifications Quiz: 20 Practice Questions

20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

As the right to vote has been extended,

voter turnout has increased proportionately.

proportionally fewer of those eligible have chosen to vote.

voter turnout has actually remained about the same.

the scope of American government has shrunk.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Voter registration procedures were adopted around the turn of the century as a means to

prevent African Americans from voting.

increase voter population.

prevent corruption associated with stuffing ballot boxes

establish minimum voting qualifications, such as passing the Political Literacy Test or a civic education course.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Compared to other industrialized democracies, the United States has a _______ voter turnout.

much higher

slightly higher

slightly lower

much lower

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The group of people with the lowest voter turnout rate is

college graduates.

young people.

women.

senior citizens over 70.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which basic principle of the Constitution means that government can govern only with the consent of the governed?

popular sovereignty

checks and balances

federalism

judicial review

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which has been a trend in the history of American voting rights?

higher and higher minimum voting age

higher and higher voter turnouts

less and less people granted suffrage

more and more people granted suffrage

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which voting requirement was the first to be eliminated?

poll tax

race

gender

property ownership

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Voter Qualifications

As the right to vote has been extended,

Voter registration procedures were adopted around the turn of the century as a means to

Compared to other industrialized democracies, the United States has a _______ voter turnout.

The group of people with the lowest voter turnout rate is

Which basic principle of the Constitution means that government can govern only with the consent of the governed?

Which has been a trend in the history of American voting rights?

Which voting requirement was the first to be eliminated?

The 26th Amendment says that states have to allow the right to vote in which case?

Which federal law passed in 1993 was intended to make voter registration easier?

Which group of people cannot vote?

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