Standard 10| Suffrage Amendments

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Which statement about the role of women in the United States is illustrated by these two newspaper headlines?

Women suffrage leaders stage a protest (1848)
Nineteenth Amendment is ratified (1920)

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The struggle for the vote by women has spanned many decades.

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The Twenty-fourth Amendment sought to correct a situation that was widespread in the South primarily as a result of the use of a poll tax to block voting by African Americans.

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use of a poll tax to block voting by African Americans

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What is the underlying cause that led to the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment? Options: unequal distribution of taxes on young people, failure to provide voting rights to young African Americans, events associated with the war in Vietnam, denial of rights of a young person accused of a crime

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events associated with the war in Vietnam

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Which constitutional amendment was adopted in response to the Vietnam War using the slogan "Old enough to fight, Old enough to vote!"?

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lowering the voting age to 18 years of age

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In which pair of items did the first event lead to the accompanying amendment? African Americans were denied citizenship — Nineteenth Amendment, young men could fight in a war but not vote — Twenty-fourth Amendment, African Americans were enslaved — Fifteenth Amendment, state residents could not vote to elect their U.S. Senators — Seventeenth Amendment

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state residents could not vote to elect their U.S. Senators — Seventeenth Amendment

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After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution was to

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guarantee African Americans the right to vote

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One way in which the Women's Suffrage Movement and the Civil Rights Movement are similar is that both focused on securing the right to vote for disenfranchised groups.

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focused on securing the right to vote for disenfranchised groups

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What was the common theme of the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-sixth Amendments?

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extend voting rights to groups that were formerly disenfranchised

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Which challenge was resolved by ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment? Options: to eliminate the imposition of poll taxes in federal elections, to allow citizens instead of state legislatures to vote for U.S. Senators, to increase United States power throughout the world, to correct political, economic, and social problems in the federal government

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to allow citizens instead of state legislatures to vote for U.S. Senators

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Which amendment realized a key goal of African Americans in the South after 1877? Options: Thirteenth, putting an end to slavery; Fifteenth, vote to African-American men; Seventeenth, direct election of Senators; Twenty-fourth, eliminating poll taxes

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Fifteenth, vote to African-American men