Voting Rights Amendments

To what age did the Twenty-sixth Amendment lower the voting age?

• a. 16

• b. 18

• c. 21

• d. 25

How did the Twenty-fourth Amendment allow more Americans to vote?

• a. It changed voting laws, which meant that non-U.S. citizens were able to vote.

• b. It outlawed poll taxes, which many states used to prevent poor Americans from voting.

• c. It prevented grandfather clauses, which many states used to prevent women from voting.

• d. It required literacy tests, which meant that Americans became better educated about voting.

How does the Fourteenth Amendment protect individual rights?

• a. By defining citizenship, it declares that all citizens have the same rights.

• b. By granting women the right to vote, it ensures that women have a say in government.

• c. By outlawing slavery, it gave African American men the right to vote.

• d. By requiring the direct election of senators, it protects the principle of direct representation.

How did the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause extend the Bill of Rights?

• by allowing states to deny rights granted by the Bill of Rights

• by extending the right to vote to all U.S. citizens

• by abolishing slavery

• by preventing states from denying rights granted in the Bill of Rights

6. What happened as a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• a. African Americans got the right to vote.

• b. All citizens were guaranteed equal protection under the law.

• c. The right to own slaves was extended for 20 years.

• d. Slavery was outlawed in all states and U.S. territories.

According to the Fifteenth Amendment, on what basis could citizens no longer be denied the right to vote?

• a. on the basis of employment

• b. on the basis of gender

• c. on the basis of race or color

• d. on the basis of religion

Which amendment or law made ALL voter discrimination illegal?

• a. 13^th Amendment

• b. 15^th Amendment

• c. The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• d. 24^th Amendment

Which amendment gave women suffrage rights or the right to vote?

• a. 13^th Amendment

• b. 14^th Amendment

• c. 15^th Amendment

• d. 19^th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• African American were allowed to vote without restrictions.

• African Americans had to pay a fine to hold public office.

• African Americans were allowed to vote only in primary elections.

• African Americans now had to pay to participate in political campaigns.