The Right to Vote in the United States Quiz

When did the Constitution of the United States grant states the power to set their own voting requirements?

• 1850

• 1800

• 1900

• 1789

Which amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States?

• 18th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

What was the purpose of the poll tax enacted in Georgia in 1877?

• To prevent young adults from voting

• To prevent women from voting

• To prevent poor whites from voting

• To prevent African Americans from voting

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ban?

• Use of literacy tests and other barriers to voting

• Use of absentee ballots

• Use of voting machines

• Use of early voting dates

Which amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States?

• 19th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

What was the purpose of the Jim Crow laws enacted in the Southern United States?

• To enforce racial segregation

• To promote racial equality

• To prevent women from voting

• To prevent young adults from voting

What was the purpose of the 'separate but equal' doctrine established by the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

• To enforce racial segregation

• To promote racial equality

• To prevent women from voting

• To prevent young adults from voting

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

What was the purpose of the literacy tests used in the Southern United States during the Jim Crow era?

• To prevent young adults from voting

• To prevent women from voting

• To prevent poor whites from voting

• To prevent African Americans from voting