Suffrage Amendments-2024

The Twenty-fourth Amendment sought to correct a situation that was widespread in the South primarily as a result of the

• decline of the Ku Klux Klan

• activities of the Freedman's Bureau

• use of a poll tax to block voting by African Americans

• passage of the Black Codes

The ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment resulted in helping young people in the United States by

• creating jobs for unemployed young people

• guaranteeing a minimum wage

• lowering the voting age to 18 from 21 years old

• providing financial assistance while in college

Which was an underlying cause of the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment?

• unequal distribution of income tax rates

• failure to provide voting rights to women

• establishment of a graduated income tax

• events associated with the war in Vietnam

One way in which the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments are similar is that they both

• increased the number of eligible voters in elections

• extended free speech protections to students

• helped overcome discrimination against African Americans

• • reduced citizen participation in government

After ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, literacy tests and grandfather clauses were used in the South primarily to

• increase the number of women voters

• limit the number of African-American voters

• help formerly enslaved persons to meet property requirements

• encourage African-American voters to attend college

Which amendment extended voting rights to women?

• the 15th Amendment

• the 17th Amendment

• the 19th Amendment

• the 26th Amendment

The Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth amendments are similar in that each

• shifted more power to state governments

• extended the vote to disenfranchised groups

• put limits on Presidential powers

• expanded the rights of the accused

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?

• soldiers

• women

• European Americans

• Poor People

How were voting qualifications for national elections changed by a constitutional amendment?

• by lowering the minimum age to vote

• by adding a poll tax requirement prior to voting

• by making citizens over a specific age pass a test to vote

• by limiting general election voting to those who voted in the primary elections

Which amendment is represented in the picture?

• 15th

• 19th

• 23rd

• 26th