| A | B |
|---|
| white males w/o property, women, African Amereican and Native American males, people under age of 21 | groups of people who have at one time been excluded from voting |
| 19th | amendment that gave all American women the right to vote |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| 15th | amendment that allowed recently freed African Americans to vote |
| imprisonment, hunger strike | actions Alice Paul took to show her commitment to women's suffrage and convinced President Wilson to support the 19th amendment |
| fill out voter registration form to time with proof of identification and age | steps to follow to register to vote |
| polling place | place you go to vote on Election Day |
| ballot | list of candidates for which you cast your vote |
| Voter turnout rate | percentage of eligible voters who actually vote |
| apathy, failing to register on time | reason for lower voter turnout |
| U.S. Supreme Court | group who settled the Bush v. Gore election question |
| initiative | process that lets voters propose new laws or amendments to state constitutions? |
| referendum | procedure by which citizens vote on state or local laws |
| recall elections | elections in which citizens can vote to remove a public official from office |
| Electoral College | elects the President and Vice President of the United States |
| winner-take-all system | system in which the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state receives all of the state's electoral votes |
| choose the electors who will represent their states in the Electoral College | purpose of the Popular Vote |
| 35 years old; lived in U.S. for 14 years; natural born citizen | 3 qualifications for becoming president |
| political action committees | political organizations established by a corporation, labor union, or other special-interest group designed to support candidates by contributing money |
| Federal Election Commission | regulates campaigns and how they are funded |
