Voting Rights

Robert goes to vote in the 2020 election and when he gets to the front of the line, no one asks him to pay a tax.

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

Damian just turned 18 years old in May. He can’t wait to cast his vote for the first time in the election this year.

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

Sienna stands in line at her polling place to vote in the election. She is happy that women were granted the right to vote so she can voice her opinion!

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

Ken is struggling to pay his bills since he got hurt at work. He is thankful that when he goes to vote this November, he doesn’t have to pay a poll tax.

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 24th Amendment

Which of the following responses best supports the 15th Amendment of the Constitution?

• A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on gender.

• A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on race.

• A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on age.

• No one can be denied the right to vote.

Suffrage is a fancy word meaning _____

• the right to vote

• the process to amend the Constitution

• suffering

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

In what year was the 19th Amendment ratified (approved)?

• 1910

• 1920

• 1931

• 1925

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

• 24th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 26th Amendment

The 15th amendment states that no state could deprive any citizen the right to vote based on (check all that apply):

• race

• color

• previous condition of slavery

• gender