Quiz
1. How old do you have to be to vote?
2. In the United States, national elections always take place during what month?
3. How often are presidential elections?
4. How often are elections held for seats in the House of Representatives?
5. How long are the terms served by U.S. senators?
6. How many terms can a president serve?
7. What document gave African Americans the right to vote?
8. When were women first permitted to vote in the United States?
9. What's another word that means the right to vote?
10. What does gerrymandering mean?
11. At the time the Constitution was written, who was allowed to vote in U.S. elections?
1. How old do you have to be to vote?
18
2. In the United States, national elections always take place during what month?
November
3. How often are presidential elections?
Every four years
4. How often are elections held for seats in the House of Representatives?
Every two years
5. How long are the terms served by U.S. senators?
Six years
6. How many terms can a president serve?
Two terms
7. What document gave African Americans the right to vote?
The Fifteenth Amendment
8. When were women first permitted to vote in the United States?
1920
9. What's another word that means the right to vote?
Suffrage
10. What does gerrymandering mean?
To rearrange voting districts so that they favor a certain political party
11. At the time the Constitution was written, who was allowed to vote in U.S. elections?
White male property owners