Voting Rights Amendments Matson

What did the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, guarantee?

• Women's right to vote

• The right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

• The prohibition of poll taxes in federal elections

• The voting age lowered to 18

Which Amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920?

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

What did the 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, eliminate?

• Literacy tests for voting

• The requirement to own property to vote

• Poll taxes in federal elections

• Age restrictions for voters over 21

In what year did the 26th Amendment lower the voting age to 18?

• 1964

• 1971

• 1920

• 1870

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

What is the main purpose of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868?

• To grant women the right to vote

• To lower the voting age to 18

• To provide equal protection under the law to all citizens

• To prohibit poll taxes in federal elections

Which once kept certain groups of voters such as African Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos from voting?

• residency requirements
• age requirements 
• literacy tests
• purging

In 1920, how did the 19th Amendment expand the electorate?

• It lowered the voting age to 18.
• It gave women the right to vote.
• It ended property ownership requirements for voting.
• It ended religious requirements for voting.

Which person would NOT meet the universal requirements for voting?

• an 18-year-old legal resident who doesn't know the issues or candidates.
• a 21-year-old legal resident who does not belong to a political party
• a 21-year-old without a job who has lived in a state for three months
• a 17-year-old with a job who has lived in a state for one week.