Voting Rights

Which part of the government decides who can vote?

• local government

• state government

• federal government

Which best describes who could vote when the country started?

• white, property owning over 18

• white, property owning men over 18

• property owning men over 21

• white property owning men over 21

Which group had the right to vote and then lost it at some point in U.S. history?

• Native Americans

• Irish Americans

• Protestant Americans

• German Americans

Which is NOT an amendment about voting?

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

Which describes a group that can vote for the president BUT has no Congressional representation?

• 16-18 year old

• Native Americans

• residents of Washington D.C.

• residents of U.S. territory

This year this group is celebrating their 100th year anniversary of receiving the right to vote.

• African American men

• women

• Native Americans

• Japanese Americans

The Voting Rights Act

• gave the federal government power to make sure states were NOT discriminating voters

• gave women the right to vote

• allowed for voter registration to be done at multiple places

• gave African Americans citizenship

This group was given citizenship if they served in the military

• Native Americans

• Chinese Americans

• African Americans

• Irish Americans

This group was also offered citizenship if they served in the military

• Filipinos

• Irish Americans

• German Americans

• Japanese Americans

The McCarran-Walter Act

• gave the federal government the power to overrule states if they made a rule discriminating people

• allowed for people to register to vote at the DMV (department of motor vehicles)

• gave people of Asian heritage the right to vote

• decided who is a citizenship