Gaining Rights and Jim Crow Laws

Why did the founding fathers include amendments in the constitution?

• They wanted to add the Bill of Rights

• They wanted to be able to change it over time

• They wanted to make sure no one can ever change it

• They needed to rewrite the constitution

Who had the right to vote when the United States was founded?

• All white people could vote

• Only Africans and women who owned land could vote

• Only white men and women could vote

• Only white, male, landowners could vote

Which amendment granted African American males ( no females) the right to vote?

• 15th

• 19th

• 1st

• 14th

Which word means "The Right To Vote"

• Democracy

• Elections

• Suffrage

• Rights

Which amendment granted citizenship to African Americans?

• 19th

• 15th

• 14th

• 26th

When were women finally given the right to vote?

• When the 15th amendment was added to the constitution

• When the 14th amendment was added to the constitution

• When the 19th amendment was added to the constitution

• Never

Which amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18 years?

• 26th

• 29th

• 16th

• 14th

How did the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson relate to the 14th amendment?

• It said that separate but equal was unfair

• It created laws that separated blacks and whites.

• It created laws that desegregated blacks and whites forever

• It created laws to unify America

Why was Plessy arrested?

• He sat in a railroad car designated for white people

• He sat in a railroad car designated for black people only

• He sat at a bus stop designated for white people only

• He sat in a movie designated for black people only

What Were Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws that integrated black and white people

• Laws that made it illegal to separate black and white people

• Laws that made it legal to separate blacks and whites in public places

• Laws that all people followed on the road