Activity Answers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The best alternate headline for this article would be _. | The constitution outlines a complicated voting system to elect a U.S. president. |
| Which is the closest synonym for the word allocate? | Allot |
| According to the article, why is the electoral college sometimes considered a controversial process? | Because a presidential candidate might win the popular vote but lose the election based on electoral votes. |
| Which question is not answered by the article? | Why did the founder of the nation establish the electoral college when they wrote the constitution? |
| Which of these is a statement of opinion? | The electoral college is useful, but the “winner takes all” voting rule should be eliminated. |
| Read this passage from the article: On the flip-side, a presidential candidate could win New York’s popular vote by a landslide, but the big victory wouldn’t matter. In this passage, the word landslide means _. | An overwhelming majority |
| Suppose Issa wants to find out about amendments that have been made to the U.S. Constitution. She would find most of her information _. | In a U.S government and history textbook |
| Read this passage from the article: Since the nation’s founding, there have been numerous proposals to reform the Electoral College to reduce the chances……… Why did the author include this information? | To suggest that changing the way in which the U.S president is elected would be extremely difficult. |
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