The Constitution Tells the States Who Has the Right to Vote

According to the text, what does the federal government of the United States share with the 50 state governments?

• power

• money

• voting rights

• companies

What does the text list and describe?

• powers the president has

• what the Constitution say about voting rights

• the Bill of Rights of the Constitution

• facts about the creation of the Constitution

The rights of African American voters have been threatened in the United States. What evidence from the text best supports this statement?

• The Constitution says that to be allowed to vote, a person must be a citizen of the United States.

• The Constitution gives the states the power to conduct elections and to make their own rules about how they do it.

• Some states required voters be able to read and write to prevent former African American slaves from voting.

• The voting rights of African Americans have been addressed in the Constitution.

Based on the text, to whom did the Constitution give voting rights when it was first written?

• white men and women who were at least 21 years old

• black men who were at least 21 years old

• Native American males who were at least 21 years old

• white men who were at least 21 years old

What is the main idea of the text?

• The federal government of the United States has certain powers, and the 50 states have certain powers.

• The United States Constitution includes laws about who can vote but gives states the power to conduct elections.

• Some of the 50 states have found ways to prevent some citizens from voting, even though they had the Constitutional right to do so.

• Twenty-seven amendments have been added to the Constitution, and three of them have to do with who has the right to vote.

Read the following sentences from the text.

"The Constitution gives the states the power to conduct elections and to make their own rules about how they do it, and it also tells them what they are not allowed to do in conducting elections. For example, states are not allowed to reject people who have the right to vote in an election."

Based on the text, what does the word "conduct" most nearly mean?

• to lead or manage

• to carry electricity

• to stop or prevent

• to make popular

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

The Constitution

The United States Constitution tells the 50 states what they must do, and also what they are not permitted to do. _______, the Constitution gives the states the power to conduct elections and to make their own rules about how they do it

• However

• In conclusion

• On the other hand

• For example

Three amendments of the Constitution have given voting rights to different groups of people. Who are these three groups of people?

• African Americans, women, and people who are 18 to 20 years old.

• African Americans, women, and people who are under 18 years old.

• White men, women, and people who are 18 to 20 years old.

• African American men, White women, and people who are under 18 years old.

Why did some states require voters be able to read and write?

• They wanted to keep little kids from voting.

• They wanted to keep women from voting.

• They wanted to keep former African American slaves from voting.

• They wanted to keep White men from voting.

Select the answer that explains how the right to vote in the United States is impacted by the Constitution and the 50 states.

• The United States Constitution grants and protects the rights of certain citizens to vote.

• The Constitution gives the Federal Government the power to conduct elections based on a set of rules.

• States are allowed to reject people who have the right to vote in an election.

• Former African American slaves were still not allowed to vote.