Chapter 6 Reveiw

1.Section 1 important issue:  I think an important issue of Section 1 is the five stages of expanding suffrage. In the beginning only white males of certain religious belief. The first stage was that religious qualifications disappeared. Then citizens weren't supposed to be denied the right to vote because of race or color, but there were other ways African Americans were kept from voting. Third women were allowed to vote, and then African Americans were given a full role in the electoral process in all states. And lastly, no state can set the minimum voting age at more than 18.


2. Section 2 important issue:  An important issue in Section 2 was voting registration. It is an important issue because it is what keeps voting organized and fair. Registration is a porcedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting. All States except North Dakota use voting registration. It is also useful to have poll books to keep track of qualified voters in each precinct, and they need to be purged every few years to eliminate people who are no longer able to vote


3. I think that a very important issue from Section 3 is the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This act applied to all elections held anywhere in this country. It made it so African Americans could vote no matter what. It eliminated poll taxes and literacy tests. It also gave the federal government more control to oversee the voting processes.

4. An important issue in Section 4 is the problem of nonvoters. In ancient Athens idiots were citizens who did not vote or take part in public life. Well many Americans don't vote. There are lower numbers in off-year elections. Many people who do not vote, can't. They are resident aliens who are not allowed to vote. There are so many people who just don't vote because they think their vote doesn't matter, but it actually does.


5. Voter apathy is the problem of many eligible voters that don't vote. Our country has the lowest rate of voter participation of any democracy in the world. Many people don't vote because they never have, and their parents never did. They are teaching their children that voting doesn't matter. But what if everyone thought this way, then no one would vote. I think that in school we need to teach kids from a young age how much their vote matters. Show them the consiquences of everyone not voting and what our country could turn into.

6. Every State has qualifications to vote. One is citizenship, aliens are denied the right to vote in the United States. The Constitution doesn't say that they can't vote, so any State could allow them to at any point. Another qualification is residence. In order to vote, you need to be a legal resident of the State in which you wish to vote in. The third qualification is age. The minimum age for voting can not be any mor than 18. Another qualification in all States except North Dakota is voting registration

Political Parties

This is my blog on thwe Political Parties. The two that are most common.
Throughout the history of the United States, there have been two main political parties. Starting with the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, the parties have developed over the years to the current system - Democrats and Republicans. Although the freedom to create new political parties exists, no other party has been able to gain the support they need to develop. These minor parties usually focus on specific issues and lack the following to win a national election. The majority of the voters believe their vote will count only when it is used to select a candidate from one of the two major parties. Many of the Founding Fathers had a negative view of political parties. Despite their objections, many of these men found themselves affiliated with a political party during their careers in government. As parties came into being, one would gain and hold prominence for many years. In our history, five major party eras have emerged. From 1796 to 1828 the first political parties were formed. During the time when our country was in its formative years, two opposing factions arose. Each was concerned with how the new government was to be organized. The Federalists believed in a strong central government and supported the ratification of the Constitution. Additionally, they supported industrialization, a national bank, and government aid to build roads and canals. The Anti-Federalists - who were eventually called the Democratic - Republican Party, held the opposite views. The Anti-Federalists strongly supported the rights of the states. They were opposed to a national bank and favored farming over manufacturing. They were firmly against the government helping to further industrialization by building roads and canals. The Federalists won their cause for the Constitution. However, efforts by the Democratic-Republican Party to influence people to the Anti-Federalist cause eventually weakened the Federalists. By 1824, the party was virtually non-existent.
I would be republican because i support their beliefs.

Political Parties

Republicans think that they should not be completely run by the government andthey should have say in where there money goes. Also, they beleive that students should excel in math and reading in school. They want to control themselves and not be run by the government.

Democrats basiaclly beleive that the government is in complete control. That they shoudl be able to decide for everyone where there money goes and how they should live. The gornment thinks that economy is tooo tough for us to run and we should rely on them.

I can see myself being a republican now and in the future because I beleive i should be able to decide where my money goes and i want to stay that way.