Benchmark Unit 1, Week 3

Who did the 14th Amendment make citizens?

• Women

• Men

• African Americans

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What does the 15th Amendment say?

• The color of your skin doesn't matter when it comes to being allowed to vote.

• Men and women could both vote.

• No one could vote.

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CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

What did President Johnson sign in 1965?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Voting Rights Act

• The Constitution

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What can you infer about how President Johnson felt about equal rights?

• He believed equal rights were important so he signed the Voting Rights Act.

• He did not believe equal rights were important so he did nothing.

• He believed only men should vote.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Whose voting rights were talked about at the meeting in Seneca Falls in 1848?

• Men's

• African American's

• Women's

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What can you infer about Susan B. Anthony?

• She thinks only men should vote.

• She thinks only women should vote.

• She thinks every citizen should have the right to vote.

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CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Who won the right to vote with the passing of the 19th Amendment?

• Men

• Women

• African Americans

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

In 1971, the 26th Amendment changed the voting age. How old do you have to be to vote?

• 18

• 21

• 16

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

Who are some other groups of people who have fought for the right to vote? (More than one answer is correct!)

• Asian Americans

• Native Americans

• Mexican Americans

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

After reading about winning the right to vote, what can you infer?

• Voting is not very important to American citizens.

• Voting is very important to American citizens.

• Voting is too hard and no one wants to vote.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1