0130679593

Recommendations

Info

NAME CLASS DATE Section 2: Guided Reading and Review Voter Qualifications CHAPTER 6 © Pearson Education, Inc. A. As You Read As you read Section 2, answer the following questions in the space provided. 1. According to the Constitution, can aliens vote? ______________________________________ yes 2. Do any State governments today allow aliens to vote? no ________________________________ 3. What are the two reasons that States adopted residency requirements? a. ______________________________________________________________________________ to prevent the importing of enough people to fix the outcome of an election b. ______________________________________________________________________________ to ensure that voters have time to inform themselves about candidates and issues 4. What is the longest period of residence that any State today requires before permitting new residents to vote? 50 ________________________________________________________________ days 5. What is the oldest minimum age a State can set for voters? 18 ____________________________ 6. What kinds of information are voters usually asked to give when they register to vote? ____ ________________________________________________________________________________ name, age, place of birth, present address, length of residence 7. a. Why do some people argue that voter registration ought to be abolished? Some ______________ say it is a bar to voter turnout among the poor and less educated. b. Why do others believe registration is important? __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Some argue that it is a necessary defense against fraud. 8. What were the three provisions of the Motor Voter Law? registration ______________________________ during driver’s license ________________________________________________________________________________ application or renewal; registration by mail; registration forms available at many government offices 9. Why were literacy tests abolished? They __________________________________________________ were used to discriminate against people based on their race. ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. In what region of the country was the poll tax once used? Why was it abolished? __________ ________________________________________________________________________________ in the South; because it was used to discourage African Americans from voting ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What groups of persons are widely barred from voting? people ________________________________ in mental hospitals, those who are ________________________________________________________________________________ legally found to be mentally incompetent, and those convicted of serious crimes B. Reviewing Key Terms Complete each sentence by writing the correct term in the blank provided. 12. ______________________________ Literacy is the ability to read or write. 13. A __________________________ poll tax was a sum of money that had to be paid by the voter at the time he or she cast a ballot. 14. _____________________________ Registration is a procedure for voter identification. 15. Election officials are regularly supposed to ____________ purge their ____________________ poll books of the names of those who no longer meet voting requirements. 16. Most States prohibit _________________, transients people who live there for a short time, from being considered legal residents. Guided Reading and Review Chapter 6 37
NAME CLASS DATE CHAPTER 6 Section 3: Guided Reading and Review Suffrage and Civil Rights A. As You Read As you read Section 3, complete the paragraphs below by writing the correct answers in the blanks provided. THE 15TH AMENDMENT was ratified in (1.) ___________. 1870 It states that no citizen can be denied suffrage on the basis of (2.) ___________, race color, or previous condition of (3.) ___________. servitude Although this amendment was intended to enfranchise (4.) ______________ African American men, in fact it was not enforced for almost 100 years. THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957 set up the (5.) _______________________ U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and gave the attorney general the right to seek federal (6.) ______________ court orders to prevent actions that interfered with the voting rights of qualified citizens. THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960 provided for the appointment of federal (7.) ___________ voting referees _____________. Their duty was to make sure that qualified citizens were allowed to (8.) ______________ register and (9.) ______________ vote in federal elections. B. Reviewing Key Terms THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 forbade discriminatory (10.) registration ______________ or literacy requirements. It relied heavily on the use of the (11.) ________________ court system to overcome racial discrimination. Its shortcomings became clear when Martin Luther (12.) ___________ King, Jr. organized a voter registration drive in the city of (13.) _____________________. Selma, Alabama Efforts to register African-American voters were met with violent opposition. THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 attacked the use of the (14.) ______________ poll tax and (15.) ______________ literacy tests. It authorized the appointment of (16.) ______________ voting examiners in any State or county in which less than (17.) ___________ half of the electorate had been registered or (18.) _____________ voted in the 1964 elections. In 1975 the law was extended to cover States and counties in which more than (19.) ___________ five percent of the adult population belongs to the following groups: (20.) _________________________________ (language minorities): Hispanics, Native ______________________________________ Americans, Asian Americans, Alaskan natives Write the correct definition for each of the following terms on a separate sheet of paper and tell why they were important. 21. gerrymandering drawing lines of electoral districts that limit the voting strength of a particular group or party 22. injunction court order that either compels or restrains an act by an individual 23. preclearance approval given before an action is taken © Pearson Education, Inc. 38 Chapter 6 Guided Reading and Review
Page 1 and 2: Guided Reading and Review Workbook
Page 3 and 4: Copyright © by Pearson Education,
Page 5 and 6: Unit 4 The Executive Branch Chapter
Page 7 and 8: AS YOU READ Organize information in
Page 9 and 10: Organizing Information An outline p
Page 11 and 12: WHAT’S BEING TESTED? Identify the
Page 13 and 14: Graph Questions What to do: 1. Dete
Page 15 and 16: TYPES OF WRITING FOR SOCIAL STUDIES
Page 17 and 18: EVALUATING YOUR WRITING Use the fol
Page 19 and 20: NAME CLASS DATE CHAPTER 1 Section 2
Page 37: NAME CLASS DATE CHAPTER 6 Section 1
Page 51 and 52: NAME CLASS DATE CHAPTER 10 Section
Page 89 and 90:
NAME CLASS DATE CHAPTER 19 Section
Page 91 and 92:
Page 93 and 94:
Page 95 and 96:
Page 97 and 98:
Page 99 and 100:
Page 101 and 102:
Page 103 and 104:
Page 105 and 106:
Page 107 and 108:
Page 109 and 110:
Page 111 and 112:
Page 113 and 114:
Page 115 and 116:
Page 117 and 118:
Page 119 and 120:
Page 121:
NAME CLASS DATE Section 4: Guided R
show all

0130679593

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?