9th grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 8
Voting in Oregon
Vote by mail, primaries and measures
What your child practices
Who can vote in Oregon and how (vote by mail, Motor Voter, closed primaries), ballot measures, the Electoral College, parties, interest groups and the media, and checking sources.
Oregon State Standards learning standard: HS.C.DP.16; HS.C.IR.9; HS.C.IR.10 · the requirements and process for voting, civic behaviours in a democracy, and how parties, groups and media influence people
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Why check several sources before voting on a measure?
- to avoid misleading ads and understand both sides
- to waste time
- it is required by law
to avoid misleading ads and understand both sides
Hint: Ads try to persuade.
Question 2
Why is a free press important?
- it makes laws
- it chooses the President
- it informs citizens and holds leaders accountable
it informs citizens and holds leaders accountable
Hint: The First Amendment protects it.
Question 3
Oregon's Voters' Pamphlet contains…
- secret ballots
- only sports scores
- information about candidates and ballot measures
information about candidates and ballot measures
Hint: It is mailed before elections.
Question 4
A candidate needs… electoral votes to win the presidency.
- 100
- 270
- 538
270
Hint: That is a majority of 538.
Question 5
In Oregon, young people can register to vote at age…
- 16
- 12
- 21
16
Hint: They can vote once they turn 18.
Question 6
Social movements change laws by…
- organizing, protesting peacefully, lobbying and voting
- ignoring elections
- staying silent
organizing, protesting peacefully, lobbying and voting
Hint: The civil rights movement is an example.