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Details Title: Ap Gov't Ch 8 Description: Chapter 8 Total Flash Cards: 16 Created: 11/01/2007 09:32:01	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Voting-Age Population Definition Citizens who are eligable to vote after reaching the minimum age requirement. Term Registered Voters Definition People who are registered to vote. Term What law was passed in 1993 designed to make it easier to vote? Definition The motor-voter law. (1993) Term What year did the motor-voter law take effect? Definition In 1995, the motor-voter law took effect. Term At the time when the Constitution was ratified, who was eligible to vote? Definition Property owners or tax payers. Term About how many males (in percent) were able to by 1880? Definition 14 percent. Term In what year was the federal law passed to require all members of the House be elected by districts? Definition 1842. Term literacy test Definition A requirement that citizens pass a literacy test in order to register to vote. Term poll tax Definition A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote. Term Grandfather Clause Definition A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1876. Term White Primary Definition The practice of keeping blacks from voting in the southern states' primaries through arbitrary use of registration requirements and intimidation. Term In what year was the Grandfather clause declared unconstitutional? Definition 1915. Term What year did the "White Primary" fall? Definition 1944 Term What year did the Civil Rights Act pass? Definition 1964 Term Australian Ballot Definition A government-printed ballot of uniform dimensions to be cast in secret that many states adopted around 1890 to reduce voting fraud associated with party-printed ballots cast in public. Term Activists Definition People who tend to participate in all forms of politics.