Chapter 8: Political Participation
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sarahbrooks on January 19, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Activists | People who tend to participate in all forms of politics |
| Literacy Test | A requirement that citizens pass a literacy test in order to register to vote |
| Poll Tax | A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote |
| White Primary | The practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation |
| 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 |
| Motor Voter Law (1993) | Legislation requiring state governments to allow for registration when a qualifying voter applies for or renews their driver's license or applied for social services. Allowed for more accessible voter registration through mail-in and individual voter registration drives |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Landmark legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the US |
| 15th Amendment | Prohibits government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color or previous condition of servitude" (i.e., slavery) |
| 19th Amendment | Prohibits state and federal government from denying any citizen the right to vote based on sex |
| 26th Amendment | Limited the minimum voting age to no more than 18. It was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War and to partially overrule the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Mitchell |
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