Voting Rights

The right to vote

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

• Turnout

• Suffrage

A voting fee used to suppress Black voters

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

• Turnout

• Suffrage

The number of people that vote in an election

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

• Turnout

• Suffrage

An exam designed to suppress Black voters

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

• Turnout

• Suffrage

After the Constitution was written, which of these groups could vote in the FIRST U.S. election?

• Adults above the age of 21

• Males

• White males

• Citizens born in the US

Expanding the voting rights to more Americans has resulted in a Congress that is more:

• Traditional

• Representative

• Cooperative

• Biased

The right to privacy protects voters from:

• voter corruption

• membership in a political party

• campaigning by candidates

• pressure about their vote

In which of these periods were the most Black Americans elected to office?

• During the American Revolution

• Before the Civil War

• Following the Civil War

• During the Civil War

Which of the following gave Black men the LEGAL right to vote?

• The 14th Amendment

• The Bill of Rights

• The Reconstruction Amendments

• The Voting Rights Acts Right of 1965

Literacy tests were designed to:

• Test a voter's ability to read

• Inform voters of the issues

• Ensure that voters were well-educated

• Prevent most voters from passing