Instructions: Answer 2 of the questions below. If you’re not completing the “Level 3” or “Level 4” questions, answer all of the questions in this section for a 2.
| 1. How did the 14th and 15th Amendment expand the opportunities for political participation? | Both protect based on race and citizenship, this expanded opportunities because it allowed people outside of white people to vote. |
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| 1. What is the difference between “rational choice” voters and “retrospective” voters? | Rational looks at the facts/information to determine a best answer, Retrospective looks at the past to determine their best answer. |
| 1. Why did the 24th Amendment expand opportunities for political participation? | This protected participation even on the failure of tax paying, allowing people from a lower class, who may fail to pay their taxes, to vote. |
| 1. Which type of voter would you be? Why? | I’d like to say that if I had the time I’d be a rational choice voter but I’d likely be a prospective voter |
Instructions: Choose one of the options below and answer the questions that go along with it. If you’re not completing the “Level 4” Questions, answer the questions that go with both options.
“I'm focused on what each candidate and party promises for the future, rather than their past performances or personalities. I’m looking closely at their proposed policies on crucial issues like the economy, healthcare, climate change, and education, imagining how each would impact my life and the lives of others. I’m especially interested in how their plans align with the long-term challenges our community faces, such as affordable housing and sustainable development. I believe this approach helps me choose the candidate who has the clearest, most realistic vision for improving our future. The decision is complex, but knowing where each stands on these pressing issues is essential in guiding my vote.”
| 1. Based on the passage above, identify what model of voting the author is most likely to follow. What about the passage makes you think that? | |
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| 1. What are some other factors that the author of the passage above could take into account when voting? |
| 1. Looking at the cartoon, what is the message the artist is trying to convey? | Minorities are having to pass a ton of hurdles in order to vote, these are placed by the GOP to stop them. Minorities struggle with them. |
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| 1. What clues or details led you to this conclusion? | Minorities are an old lady, who’d struggle with jumping hurdles. The hurdles are labeled with questions and things that’d stop a minority from voting. |
| 1. What is something you could add or remove to this cartoon that would make the message easier to understand? | I think removing the race theming would help make the point more clear, just the grandma “Minorities” and the hurdles are more than enough to get the idea across |
Level 4 Questions:
| 1. How does the Constitution and legislation protect voting rights? Your answer should be at least 2 sentences. | The constitution protects our voting rights by stopping people from denying our right to vote. The suffrage amendments are a notable example of amendments made for that purpose as shown in the notes. |
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| 1. How does the history of voting rights expansion in the past affect our perspective on voting rights today? Your answer should be at least 2 sentences | In the past voting was far more restricted and only accessible to a small class of people, white men. This allows us to view our voting rights today as something that we had to fight for and as something that some people are fighting to revert back to a more restricted time. |