UNIT 1 TEST PART 1

What do we call the first ten Amendments to the Constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The unalienable rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

When is Election Day in America?

• the first Tuesday of November

• the first Monday of November of even numbered years

• the Tuesday after the first Monday of November

• the first Wednesday of months that start with M

All of the following about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are true EXCEPT:

• It made the official voting age 18

• designed to prohibit racial discrimination in voting

• enforced 14th and 15th amendments

• prohibited literacy tests

A legal citizen of the United States is anyone who:

• Was born in the U.S.

• Has atleast ONE biological parent who is already a citizen

• Has completed the Naturalization process

• ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE CITIZENS

The purpose of the Motor-Voter Act (1993) was to:

• prohibit states from issuing voter registration

• require states to ALLOW citizens to register to vote when renewing their driver's license.

• decrease number of eligible voters in the U.S.

• Allow citizens to be able to vote while driving.

14th Amendment

• eliminated poll taxed in federal elections

• established the US definition of Citizenship

• made the voting age 18

• womens suffrage

15th Amendment

• all men could vote regardless of race,color, or servitude

• womens suffrage

• voting age to 18

• made it legal to skydive

19th Amendment

• woman's suffrage

• US definition of Citizenship

• Made it legal to eat donuts while driving

• eliminated poll taxed in federal elections

24th AMENDMENT

• ELIMINATED poll taxed in federal elections

• established Citizenship

• Suffrage

• age requirement to 18

26th Amendment

• made it universal AGE requirement to 18

• eliminated poll taxes

• womens suffrage

• drinking age to 21