Unscramble Letters 18-1 & 2 Expand Voter Rights & Influences on Voters (D)Online version Students will explain how citizens in the United States participate in public elections as voters and supporters of candidates for public office. by Zuan Suarez 1 To increase voter turnout, some states allow early voting or ___ balloting. E E E T N S A B 2 1960s: young Americans argued that if we are old enough to fight for their country, they were old enough to vote, and the 26th amendment changed the voting age from ___ to eighteen. N E N O T T W Y E 3 To increase voter turnout, some reforms suggest shifting Election Day from Tuesday to ___ . A R A T D U S Y 4 1920: Women gained the right to vote with the ___ Amendment, but did not face the legal barriers that African Americans faced. N I E E T E N N H T 5 Citizens are more likely to vote if they are ___ , middle-aged, and hold high socioeconomic status T A E E C U D D 6 1965: ___ ___ Act resulted in 200 African American mayors in cities of all sizes, such as Richard Hatcher, Mayor of Gary, Indiana. G T S R G V O T I I N H 7 Voter turnout may be impacted by requiring ___ , which Republicans favor, and which Democrats oppose. T P A I I N E N O T F O I D H C O T I 8 1964: ___ Amendment outlawed the poll tax in national elections, and 1966 Harper v. Virginia Board of Election eliminated it in state elections. O N U F T T Y T W H E R 9 European nations, government ___ eligible citizens to vote; In the U.S., the burden of registering falls on the citizen. R S S R T I G E E 10 Southern leaders disenfranchised African American voters with the ___ Clause, which said: only voters whose grandfathers voted before 1867 were eligible to vote. N H G A D R R F E T A 11 Presidential Election Voting was 69% in 1964 & 56% in 2012; Voter participation in U.S. is low compared to democracies around the ___ . L R O W D 12 1870: the 15th Amendment was the first time the Constitution dictated rules to states about who was allowed to ___ . T V O E 13 Strong party voters are those who select their party’s candidates regardless of the specific issues; They vote ___ ___ticket. G I Y P H T T T R A A R S 14 1850s: state legislatures abolished voting restrictions based on property requirements & ___ affiliation. S I R G O E L U I 15 These four factors drive voters’ ___ ___ : voter’s personal background, loyalty to party, candidate qualifications, & issues. O T O H I C E N C S E C L I E 16 After creating the Constitution, Congress made no laws regulating ___ elections until after the Civil War. A E E F L R D 17 People have proposed limits to Congressional terms, but efforts to amend the Constitution have failed; though 36 states have limits on ___ terms. E R O R O N G V 18 Voting restrictions existed because educated white men believed voting was best left to wealthy, white, property-owning males, because they made ___ ___ . S W I R E E C C I H S O 19 1845: ___ ___ is Tuesday after the first Monday in November, & most states use this federal date as well. D A N C I E T L O Y E 20 Before American Revolution, these groups could not vote: Women, African Americans, & White males who did not ___ ___ ; so 6% of the adult population was eligible to vote. W O T E O Y P R N R P
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