Voting Unit Quiz

You need to register in order to vote?

• True

• False

Which is a qualification to vote?

• graduate high school

• pay all of your taxes

• own a house

• be a U.S. citizen

What age can you vote?

• 15

• 18

• 19

• 20

What three factors predict who is likely to vote?

• Age, Education, Favorite hobby

• Hair color, Education, Income

• Age, Zip Code, Income

• Age, Education, Income

Which election usually has the highest voter turnout?

• Senate elections

• Governor elections

• Presidential elections

• Mayoral elections

The group of people with the lowest voter turnout rate is

• college graduates.

• young people.

• women.

• senior citizens over 70.

The 19th Amendment expanded voting rights to which group of people?

• Women
• 18 year olds
• All freed slaves
• All Americans

People like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are credited with fighting for this, which would be granted by the 19th amendment. 

• Abolition of slavery
• Voting age lowered
• Women's suffrage (right to vote)
• Free speech. 

After the slaves were freed, the question came up of how to handle their future in the United States. The 14th Amendment helped do so by: 

• Granting jobs to the newly freedmen. 
• Granting former slaves the right to vote. 
• Paying the former slaves money for their troubles. 
• Defining and protecting their citizenship in the United States

26th Amendment

• Lowered the voting age from 21 to 17

• Lowered the voting age from 21 to 19

• Lowered the voting age from 21 to 20

• Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18