1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Amendments & Acts Non-Voters Types and Reasons Characteristics Of Voters and Non-Voters Characteristics Of Dems. And Repubs. Misc.

2. This Amendment gave women the right to vote.

3. 19th

4. This amendment gave minority males the right to vote.

5. 15 th

6. What did the 24 th Amendment (1964) and Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

7. Outlawed Literacy tests and poll taxes

8. What did the 26 th amendment do?

9. Lowered the voting age to 18

10. What are two requirements to vote and two disqualifications?

11. - registered (except North Dakota) - 18 years old - live in the state - American citizen - Disqualifications: felony charges, violate election law, mental illness, dishonorable discharge from military

12. What is the largest group of “cannot” voters in the US?

13. Resident Aliens- Illegal Immigrants

14. What does North Dakota do that encourages people to vote?

15. You don’t need to register to vote, only show your drivers license

16. What is the biggest reason people choose not to vote?

17. They just don’t care, don’t think their vote matters, etc.

18. What is time-zone fallout?

19. When people on the west coast are less likely to vote because of poll results on the east coast

20. What are some reasons non-voters give for not voting?

21. 1. Party Strength –Growth of Independents 2. Not voting is costless – Compulsory? 3. Registration requirements 4. More elections 5. Other avenues of influence (interest groups, court system) 6. Voter Apathy

22. age

23. Over 35- vote Under 35- Don’t vote

24. Gender

25. Women- Vote Men- Don’t Vote

26. Education

27. More- Vote Less- Don’t vote

28. Level of Income

29. More- vote Less- Don’t vote

30. Occupation

31. White Collar- Vote Blue Collar- Don’t Vote

32. Age/Gender- Republican

33. Older Men

34. Religion- Democrat

35. Catholics/Jews

36. Income- Republican

37. higher

38. Geography- Democrat

39. Urban

40. Ethnicity- Republican

41. Whites

42. What does the word electorate mean?

43. All the people that can vote

44. What does the word suffrage mean?

45. The right to vote

46. What was the historical context of the 24 th amendment and voting rights act?

47. The civil rights movement

48. What was the historical context of the 19 th amendment?

49. Women’s contributions to WWI

50. What was the historical context of the 26 th amendment?

51. The Vietnam War