Voting Matters

When the Civil War was over, the United states ratified the 15th amendment which promised that a person's right to vote could not _____

• be denied based on whether you were male or female

• be denied based on race, color or previous condition as a slave

• be denied even if a person was not a citizen

The United States prides itself on being a democracy which is a government where the ultimate authority lies with ___

• the citizens of the nation

• be President

• the monarchy of the country

After the 15th Amendment was passed giving freed slaves the right to vote, some states used certain laws to try to prevent them from voting. These were called "Jim Crow" laws. One was a __________ (which is money a voter must pay to be able to vote)

• crime tax

• slave tax

• poll tax

The _______ amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in the year 1920

• 1st

• 14th

• 19th

Suffrage is a fancy word meaning _____

• the right to vote

• the process to amend the Constitution

• suffering

The ___________ protects voting rights guaranteed in the Constitution

• Legislative Branch

• Civil Rights Act of 1965

• Civil War Act of 1865

The 19th amendment went through several votes in the House and Senate but was finally _____________ (legally approved) in the year 1920

• platform

• suffrage

• ratified

In a _____________ the power of the government comes from the people (“We the People…”)

• monarchy

• democracy

• confederation

The ______amendment was passed in the year 1971 and set the national voting age to be 18

• 26th

• 14th

• 1st

Citizens in democratic societies are expected to exercise their right to _______

• naturalization

• vote

• libertarian