Amendments 11-27 Quiz Practice

The 24th Amendment guarantees people the right to vote regardless of whether or not they have paid a poll tax.

Which group does the 24th Amendment aim to protect?

• women

• poor citizens

• Native Americans

• soldiers

Which Amendment allowed for Congress to collect an income tax?

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

The 18th Amendment began what?

• Reconstruction

• Prohibition

• Progressive Era

• American Revolution

The direct election of Senators was established by which Amendment?

• 11th

• 12th

• 16th

• 17th

The 19th Amendment established the right to vote for which group of Americans?

• African American Males

• All males

• All females

• Native Americans

Which Amendment changed the inauguration of the President to January 20th?

• 20th

• 21st

• 23rd

• 27th

What Supreme Court ruling decided that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Chisolm v. Virginia

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education

How did the 23rd Amendment expand participation in federal elections?

• by lowering the voting age to 21

• by giving the District of Columbia 3 electors in the Electoral College

• by forbidding poll taxes

• by giving Native Americans' citizenship

Which amendment aimed to grant citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and granted them equal protection under the law?

• 5th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

Which two groups gained the right to vote by the 24th and 26th Amendment?

• the poor

• Convicted felons

• Women

• 18-year-olds

• citizens of Washington D.C.