Benchmark 5th Grade Unit 3 Week 2

5th Grade

Benchmark, Unit 3

Multiple Choice

What was one of the main complaints behind the Declaration of Independence?

• The colonists did not have enough food.

• The colonists did not have representation in the British government.

• The British government had too many rules.

• The colonists did not have good WiFi.

Multiple Choice

Who could vote when the Constitution was first written?

• Everyone

• All men

• White men who owned land

• Only women

Multiple Choice

What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution do?

• It gave slaves the right to vote.

• It gave women the right to vote.

• It freed enslaved men and women.

• It gave the colonists independence.

Open Ended

What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?

Multiple Choice

According to the text, how did southern states make it hard for African American men to vote?

• They canceled the 15th Amendment.

• They put in poll taxes and created unfair tests.

• They blocked the entrances to the polls.

• They only allowed women to vote.

Open Ended

What did Martin Luther King, Jr., do to help African Americans vote more easily?

Multiple Choice

What did President Johnson do in 1965.

• He signed the Voting Rights Act, protecting African Americans right to vote.

• He staged protests.

• He took away the right to vote from African American men.

• He signed an act to protect TikTok.

Multiple Choice

True or False: The Voting Rights Act gave women the right to vote.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When did women get the right to vote?

• 1800

• 1878

• 1920

• 1980

Multiple Choice

True or False: Once Native Americans became citizens in 1924, they had no trouble voting.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the current voting age?

• 16

• 18

• 21

• 25