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Who Wants to
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Which of the
following is a
current requirement
to vote?
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A: Literacy
B: Registration
C: Being over 21
D: Being male
$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Which term is
synonymous with
the right to vote?
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A: Efficacy
B: Transient
C: Preclearance
D: Franchise
$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Which group below
is not ever allowed
to vote?
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
A: Resident aliens
B: The elderly
C: Felons
D: Physical disability
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Which act first gave
African Americans
the right to vote?
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
A: The 15th Amendment
B: The 19th Amendment
C: The 24th Amendment
D: The Voting Rights Act
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Which of the
following methods
was used to allow
illiterate whites to
continue voting?
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
A: Poll Books
B: Registration
C: Grandfather Clauses
D: Gerrymandering
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the $1,000
Milestone!
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Which method of
nomination allows
the greatest public
participation?
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A: Self Announcement
B: Convention
C: Caucus
D: Primary
$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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How often are
national elections
held in the United
States?
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
A: Every year
B: Every 6 months
C: Every 4 years
D: Every 2 years
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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What is the primary
complaint against
the registration
requirement?
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
A: Decreases Turnout
B: Unfair
C: Too Difficult
D: Helps one Party
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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For which of the
following reasons
did the U.S. adopt
residency
requirements?
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
A: Exclude homeless
B: Increase efficacy
C: Stop importation
D: B and C
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Which method of
nomination is used
most often by minor
parties?
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A: Self Announcement
B: Convention
C: Caucus
D: Primary
$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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the $32,000
Milestone!
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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In the Post-Civil War
era, which
geographic region
gave the Democrats
their best support?
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A: The North
B: The South
C: The West
D: The Midwest
$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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What did the Voting
Rights Act of 1965
do?
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
A: Enforce the 13th
B: Ban Lit. Tests
C: Enforce the 15th
D: Ban Discrimination
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Which act
significantly
improved the ease
of voter
registration?
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
A: The 24th Amendment
B: Voting Rights Act
C: Civil Rights Act
D: Motor Voter Law
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Someone who is
highly partisan
would be likely to do
which of the
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
A: Straight-Ticket Vote
B: Split-Ticket Vote
C: Vote independent
D: Gerrymander
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$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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Who was the boy
that was killed
that sparked the
Civil Rights
Movement?
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A: Len Lawson
B: Charles Reilly
C: Jon Woods
D: Emmit Till
$1 Million
$500,000
$250,000
$125,000
$64,000
$32,000
$16,000
$8,000
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
$500
$300
$200
$100
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YOU WIN $1
MILLION DOLLARS!