VOTING AMENDMENTS

When the Civil War was over, the United states ratified the 15th amendment which promised that a person's right to vote could not _____

• be denied based on whether you were male or female

• be denied based on race, color or previous condition as a slave

• be denied even if a person was not a citizen

After the 15th Amendment was passed giving freed slaves the right to vote, some states used certain laws to try to prevent them from voting. These were called "Jim Crow" laws. One was a __________ (which is money a voter must pay to be able to vote)

• crime tax

• slave tax

• poll tax

The _______ amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in the year 1920

• 1st

• 14th

• 19th

Suffrage is a fancy word meaning _____

• the right to vote

• the process to amend the Constitution

• suffering

The ______amendment was passed in the year 1971 and set the national voting age to be 18

• 26th

• 14th

• 1st

How did the passage of the Voting Rights of 1965 impact political participation?

• All persons who passed a literacy test could now vote.

• All children of foreign citizens could now vote.

• All African-Americans could now vote.

• All women could now vote.

Which amendment did people not have to pay a tax, called a poll tax, in order to vote?

• 21st Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

Which amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of race or color or whether they had been slaves?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What amendment provided that Washington, DC be allowed representatives in the Electoral College?

• 24th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 26th Amendment

17th Amendment allowed voters to

• have a direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote

• vote at the age of 21

• directly elect the U.S. President

• vote at the age of 18