Voting & Women's Rights Test Review

Which term means the right or privilege to vote:?

• Franchise

• Suffrage

• Amend

• Petition

Who could vote at America's founding? 

• White males

• White male property owners

• White male property owners who were 21 years of age and older

• Male property owners who were 21 years of age and older

Where did the idea to limit voting to white land owning men over the age of 21 come from?

• France

• England

• Spain

• Canada

In early America, the government didn’t really work for those who couldn’t vote, despite their contributions to the country. Who were some groups impacted by this (check all who apply):

• Enslaved people

• Women

• American Indians

• White male property owners who were 21 years of age and older

After the Civil War ended in 1865, the _____ Amendment was added to the Constitution. It made slavery illegal.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

Laws passed after the 13th Amendment that limited what Black people could do.    

• Restrictions

• Black Codes

• 14th Amendment

• Reconsruction

From 1867-1877, Black men held political office:

• True

• False

Passed in 1870, this amendment said that formerly enslaved Blacks could not be turned away from the polls due to the color of their skin or because they had been enslaved. 

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

The 26th Amendment....

• gave women the right to vote

• gave Native Americans the right to vote

• made literacy tests illegal

• lowered the voting age to 18

States and counties in the south created voting laws to restrict Blacks from voting such as:

• Literacy Tests

• Poll Taxes

• Grandfather Clause

• All of the above