CGBL YJWOMG Voting Amendments

What amendment set the national voting age at 18?

• 23rd Amendment

• 26th Amendment

Which amendment did people not have to pay a tax, called a poll tax, in order to vote?

• 24th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

Which amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of race or color or whether they had been slaves?

• 15th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

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

• 23rd Amendment

• 24th Amendment

What is the group of people that represents states of the United States?

• Electoral College

• Election School

Larry is 19. He couldn’t vote last year because he had to be 21. This year, a new law has passed that allows him to vote.

• 26th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

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

• 18

• 25

Which amendment or law made ALL voter discrimination illegal?

• 24^th Amendment

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

What does Suffrage mean?

• Right to Free Speech

• Right to Vote

abolished the use of the poll tax (or any other tax) as a pre-condition for voting

• 17th Amendment

• 24th Amendment