Voting Rights

Which term is the best meaning of "suffrage"?

• the right for women to protest
• the right to vote in elections
• citizenship
• freedom

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

How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?

• It made slavery illegal
• Women could now vote in all elections
• It made poll taxes illegal
• It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights

Do you have to own land to vote in the United States?

• No
• Yes

Rhode Island was the first state to give women the vote.

• True
• False

Forcing people to pay for the right to vote was called a _________?

• Literacy Test
• Poll Tax

Are Native Americans US citizens?

• Yes
• No

The Voting Rights Act reinforced the 15th Amendment.

• True
• False

Which war led to the passage of the 26th Amendment?

• World War II
• The Vietnam War

Are residents of Washington, D.C. banned from voting for the President?

• Yes
• No