Voting Amendments

To what age did the Twenty-sixth Amendment lower the voting age?

• 16

• 18

• 21

• 25

How did the Twenty-fourth Amendment allow more Americans to vote?

•  It changed voting laws, which meant that non-U.S. citizens were able to vote

•  It outlawed poll taxes, which many states used to prevent poor Americans from voting. 

• It prevented grandfather clauses, which many states used to prevent women from voting. 

•  It required literacy tests, which meant that Americans became better educated about voting.

How does the Fourteenth Amendment protect individual rights?

• By defining citizenship, it declares that all citizens have the same rights.

• By granting women the right to vote, it ensures that women have a say in government.

• By outlawing slavery, it gave African American men the right to vote.

• By requiring the direct election of senators, it protects the principle of direct representation.

 What happened as a result of the Thirteenth Amendment?

• African Americans got the right to vote. 

• All citizens were guaranteed equal protection under the law.

• The right to own slaves was extended for 20 years.

•  Slavery was outlawed in all states and U.S. territories.

According to the Fifteenth Amendment, on what basis could citizens no longer be denied the right to vote? 

• on the basis of employment 

• on the basis of gender 

• on the basis of race or color 

• on the basis of religion

 Which amendment or law made ALL voter discrimination illegal?

• 24th Amendment

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

Match the following

• Stated that the right to vote could not be denied “based on race, color, or previous condition of se

• Amendment 19

• Abolished all “poll taxes”

• Amendment 13

• Gave suffrage rights to women

• Amendment 15

• Defined citizenship and gave “equal protection under the law

• Amendment 14

• Abolished slavery

• Amendment 24

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?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

• 13th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress shall not be denied or abridged by the US or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 19th Amendment