Voting Rights

Multiple Choice

What are the key components of voting rights that are important for citizens to understand?

• Eligibility requirements

• Voting methods

• Political parties

• Election dates

Multiple Choice

Why did more people vote in the election of 1828 compared to the election of 1824?

• Because many states eliminated property requirement

• Because former slaves were allowed to vote

• Because women were now allowed to vote

• Because people had to pay to vote

Multiple Select

What were the voting qualifications in 18th century England?

• No women could vote

• No one under the age of 21 could vote

• Men had to own a certain amount of land to vote

• Less than 5% of the population was allowed to vote

Multiple Choice

What did those in power believe about landowners' role in political decisions?

• They were responsible and independent

• They should not be involved

• They were uneducated

• They were only interested in profit

Open Ended

Can you think of reasons to support that non-landowners could also be responsible, independent voters?

Open Ended

What reasons might support that landowners would be responsible, independent voters?

Multiple Choice

Who were the groups of people that were often excluded from voting according to the image?

• Anyone under 21

• Poor white men

• Women

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What was Paul Cuffee's argument for allowing Black people and American Indians to vote?

• They were tax-paying citizens

• They were landowners

• They were educated

• They were part of the government

Open Ended

If you and kids across the country could vote, how do you think laws about schools might change?

Open Ended

How do you think the representatives in our early government worked to protect those who couldn’t vote?

Multiple Choice

What were the implications of not having representation in early America according to the text?

• Human enslavement continued

• Women had equal rights

• American Indians were protected

• The government worked for all

Multiple Select

How did voting rights change according to the text?

• By changing state laws

• By amending the U.S. Constitution

• By increasing voter turnout

• By reducing voting age

Multiple Choice

What are the key factors that led to the expansion and contraction of voting rights over time?

• Political movements

• Economic factors

• Social changes

• Legal reforms

Multiple Choice

Which state dropped the property requirement for voting first?

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

• Virginia

• Georgia

Multiple Choice

What were the Black Codes and how did they affect Black people's rights after the Civil War?

• Laws that protected Black people's rights

• Laws that limited Black people's rights

• Laws that abolished slavery

• Laws that promoted equality

Multiple Choice

What significant political changes occurred for Black people between 1867 and 1877?

• They were able to vote and participate in government

• They were denied the right to vote

• They were elected to Congress only

• They held no political office

Multiple Choice

What were Union Leagues and what issues did they address for Black communities?

• Civic organizations for education

• Political organizations for land rights

• Groups serving on juries

• All of the above

Open Ended

Read the following passage, and answer the question. 

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” -15th Amendment

Why did Congress ratify this amendment?

Multiple Choice

Which event led to the action shown in this illustration?

• The revival of nativist policies

• The ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment

• The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

• The rise of Social Darwinism

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning behind this political cartoon?

• That whites required blacks to take a literacy test, when they themselves were barely literate

• That whites did not require blacks to take a literacy test, because they themselves were barely literate

• That the police was at the voting poll to ensure that blacks took their literacy test before they voted

• That the police was at the voting poll to ensure that blacks and whites took their literacy test before they voted

Multiple Choice

What were some barriers that prevented African Americans from voting?

• Limited opportunities to register to vote

• Unfair tests at the polls

• Threats of violence toward voters' families

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the literacy test shown in the image?

• To assess reading skills

• To register voters

• To evaluate writing skills

• To determine age

Open Ended

What makes these voter qualifications unfair?

Poll

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