Voting Rights Amendments

15th Amendment - 19th Amendment - 24th Amendment - 26th Amendment

The four amendments mentioned above are similar in that each

• expanded the rights of the accused

• put limits on Presidential powers

• shifted more power to state governments

• extended the vote to a disenfranchised group

Identify which group was extended voting rights by the following amendments:

Fifteenth Amendment

• 18 Year Olds

• African Americans

• Immigrants

• Women

Identify which group was extended voting rights by the following amendments:

Twenty-sixth Amendment

• 18 Year Olds

• African Americans

• Immigrants

• Women

One way in which the Women's Suffrage movement and the Civil Rights movement are similar is that both...

• relied mostly on violence to draw attention to their goals

• opposed Supreme Court decisions expanding the rights of the accused

• refused to support church and religious leaders

• focused on securing the right to vote for disenfranchised groups

What challenge was resolved by the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment?

• to eliminate the imposition of poll taxes in federal elections

• to allow citizens instead of state legislatures to vote for U.S. Senators

• to increase United States power throughout the world

• to correct political, economic, and social problems in the federal government

Which of the following amendments fixed the following statement;

Poll taxes were aimed mainly at keeping low-income African-Americans from voting.

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

What conclusion can be drawn from this photograph?

• Some states required citizens to own property before they would be allowed to vote

• African Americans have enjoyed the right to vote throughout U.S. History

• Some Southern states sought to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote

• This image would not be possible if not for the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments.

What has been the impact of the Seventeenth Amendment on the United States?

• It allowed the national government to place more restrictions on the actions of the state governments.

• It prevented the power of state governments from enacting Prohibition laws.

• It reduced the power of the President over the Congress

• It led to a more democratically elected U.S. Senate.