Voting Amendments

The American legal system that every person be treated fairly is known as what?

• Due process of law
• Fairness of law
• Legally Fair
• US Fairness

Joel lives in Washington, D.C. and was told that he could not vote. Which amendment is this breaking ? 

• 19th 
• 24th
• 23rd
• 26th 

This amendment gave all male citizens the right to vote no matter their race. 

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 19th

Will went to the polls to try and vote and was told he would have to pay $20 to vote. This is breaking what amendment? 

• 24th 
• 19th
• 17th
• 26th 

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Voting age – 21 to 18 unfair to fight in war if you can’t vote (Vietnam War)

• 22nd
• 21st
• 25th
• 26th

Women’s Suffrage – women can influence government; Susan B. Anthony

• 19th
• 18th
• 22nd
• 26th

Eliminated poll taxes – Civil Rights Amendment 

• 23rd
• 24th
• 25th
• 26th

How did the 24th Amendment expand voting rights to Americans?

• States could charge poll taxes in elections
• Literacy tests were required so minorities learned to read
• It made poll taxes illegal
• It did nothing to expand voting rights

The 19th Amendment expanded voting rights to which group of people?

• Women
• 18 year olds
• All freed slaves
• All Americans

Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?

• The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote
• The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech
• The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal
• The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws