3.7 Impact of the Civil Rights and Voting Amendments

The Fifteenth Amendment states that no person can be denied the right to vote based on:

• his or her gender.

• his or her national origin.

• state laws.

• skin color.

After the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870,

• African Americans finally achieved full suffrage and the support of all state governments.

• women landowners were allowed to vote.

• many Southern states passed laws to keep African Americans from voting.

• all women were allowed to vote.

The Nineteenth Amendment extended the right to vote to which group?

• 18-year-olds

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• women

Which amendment officially ended the use of poll taxes?

• 14th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 27th Amendment

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were all created as a result of:

• the American Revolution

• the Civil War

• World War I

• Vietnam

The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18 was the

• Eighteenth.

• Fourteenth.

• Twenty-seventh.

• Twenty-sixth.

Which amendment officially abolished slavery across the entire United States?

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

Amendments 15, 19, and 26 deal particularly with which of the following?

• Civil

• Women's

• Voting

• States

What is the best interpretation of the statement below?

“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.”

• Only certain race and color citizens are allowed to vote.

• Former slaves cannot be denied to vote.

• Any race, color and previous status of slavery are allowed to vote.

• The right of citizens is to vote

The main difference between the Voting Rights Amendments 15th and 26th involved which of the following concepts?

• Age appropriateness to vote in both amendments

• Any color of skin can vote (15th) and 18 years of age or older (26th)

• Only United States citizens can vote in both amendments

• Women can vote (15th) and 18 years of age or older (26th)