Unit Four Review

Wesley is a twenty-year-old Asian-American man who lives in Ocala, Florida. He plans to vote in the 2020 presidential election.

What pieces of legislation gives Wesley the right to vote?

• The Fifteenth Amendment

• The Jones Act

Detective Jake Peralta arrests Trevor, a teenager who has been spray painting vulgar messages on cars. After Detective Peralta finds out that Trevor’s dad is the Deputy Commissioner of the New York Police Department, the Deputy Commissioner encourages him to drop the case or endanger his career. Detective Peralta does not think it’s fair to give Trevor special treatment just because of who his dad is, so he pursues the case.

This scenario is an example of which democratic principle?

• checks and balances

• rule of law

Which of the following values is a democratic principle?

• justice

• limited government

Which of the following are civic responsibilities that good citizens carry out?

• attend school until they’re adults

• defend the United States when called upon

• vote in elections

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Which of the following phrases best describes the goal of this amendment?

• to classify women as American citizens

• to increase voter turnout in elections

• to extend suffrage to women

Which of the following activities is an example of an obligation rather than a civic responsibility?

• Zainab attends a meet and greet with her town’s mayor to learn more about her plans for the year.

• Omar plants several trees in the local park as a part of a community environmental program.

• Sergio reads the local newspaper to learn about an initiative on the ballot for the next election.

• Liu sends all of her tax information to the government by April 15th.

Naturalization to the United States was limited to which of the following groups from 1790 to 1830?

• European immigrants from England and Scotland

• white, landowning men

• white people regardless of gender

Which groups of people could vote in federal elections before the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870?

• white, married women

• white, landowning men

“The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.”

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 1

Which of the following phrases best describes the goal of this amendment?

• to lower the minimum voting age from twenty-one to eighteen

• to eliminate voting barriers like poll taxes for Black Americans

Which of the following groups gained suffrage under the Fifteenth Amendment?

• all male citizens regardless of race or ethnicity

• all citizens regardless of sex or gender