Topic 6: Expanding Democracy and Equal Protection

26th Amendment

• got rid of poll tax & literacy tests

• old enough to fight old enough to vote

• draft

• taxes on wealthy

What did the 15th Amendment do?

• It gave equal protection under the law

• It gave all men the right to vote regardless of race

• It abolished slavery

• It gave the right for all people to own land

Which Constitutional Amendment finally allowed American women to vote in 1920?

• 15th Amendment
• 19th Amendment
• 16th Amendment
• 18th Amendment

What does suffrage mean?

• To suffer

• The right to vote.

• To buffer

• Doing homework.

The 13th amendment to the Constitution was the first of the "Reconstruction Amendments," What was the purpose of this amendment?

• to give women the right to vote

• to allow the Confederate States to re-enter the Union

• to give African Americans the right to vote

• to abolish slavery

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?

• True
• False

How many amendments were created to counteract racist laws and policies in the South after the Civil War?

• 1
• 3
• 4
• 3.5

What is the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution?

• Gave African American's citizenship and provided equal protection of the law for all citizens
• Gave all men the right to vote
• Made slavery illegal
• Gave women the right to vote

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

• 26th

• 14th

• 1st

Which amendment is represented in the picture?

• 19th

• 24th

• 26th

• 15th