P6 HSS 5.06

Slaves couldn't vote in elections because they weren't considered free people or legal citizens.

• True

• False

In the 1700s, women couldn't vote in elections.

• True

• False

________ who either owned property or were in the military were the only people who could vote when the Constitution was ratified in the late 1700s.

• Black women

• White women

• White men

• Black Men

stated that the right to vote could not be taken away from someone because of their race or color.

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

granted women the right to vote

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

Ended poll taxes

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years old

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

In the 1700s, certain ________ groups including Catholics, Jews, and Quakers were barred from voting in elections.

• political

• military

• religious

Other laws have been created by the government because of the ability to ______ the Constitution.

• abandon

• amend

• delete

Amendments reflect the _______ of the United States.

• history

• mistakes

• future