Political Participation
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rlschilling on March 11, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 activist | Individuals, usually outside of the government, who actively promote a political party, philosophy, or issue they care about. |
| conventional participation | activism that attempts to influence the political process through commonly accepted forms of persuasion such as voting or letter writing |
| Fifteenth Amendment | The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. |
| grandfather clause | A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867. |
| literacy test | A test administered as a precondition for voting, often used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote. |
| motor-voter law | this was a law to encourage more people to participate in voting. This allowed people to register to vote while they renewed their license. The thought was that most people renew their license and thus it would give them a chance to register at the same time. |
| Nineteenth Amendment | the constitutional amendment adopted in 1920 that guarantees women the right to vote. |
| poll tax | a requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote |
| registered voters | Those legally eligible to vote who have registered in accordance with the requirements prevailing in their state and locality |
| Twenty-sixth Amendment | an amendment to the US constituion, adoped in 1971 and lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 |
| Unconventional participation | political participation that attempts to influence the political process through unusual or extreme measures, such as protests, boycotts, and picketing |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | 1965; invalidated the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disenfranchised blacks; as more blacks became politically active and elected black representatives, it rboguth jobs, contracts, and facilities and services for the black community, encouraging greater social equality and decreasing the wealth and education gap |
| white primary | the practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation |
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