Expansion of Voting Rights Vocabulary

A) a test that required people to prove they could read & write (or solve confusing brain teasers) &

B) that had to be taken by Black Americans in order to vote (until 1964)

• literacy test

• census

• poll tax

• grandfather clause

an addition to the Constitution that gave all men the right to vote, no matter what their race was

• 15th amendment

• 26th amendment

• Voting Rights Act

• U.S. Constitiution

A) money that voters in many states were required to pay in order to vote &

B) This was used until 1964 to prevent Black Americans from voting

• literacy test

• census

• poll tax

• grandfather clause

a law that made it impossible for African Americans to vote because their grandfathers had been slaves and therefore not able to vote

• literacy test

• census

• poll tax

• grandfather clause

this occurred during the 1950s & 1960s & during it people tried to demand equal rights from Black Americans

• grandfather clause

• civil rights movement

• Voting Rights Act

• anti-slavery movement

to officially enroll your name with the state you live in as a requirement for voting

• literacy test

• poll tax

• register

• suffrage

the right to vote

• literacy test

• poll tax

• register

• suffrage

this made it clear that the right to vote couldn't be denied (not allowed) because of a person's color or race

• 26th amendment

• civil rights movement

• U.S. Constitution

• Voting Rights Act (1965)

A) the supreme law of the U.S. that sets up the U.S. government

B) lists the most important rights of the people

• U.S. Constitution

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• grandfather clause

• 13th amendment

this is a change or addition to a legal document, such as the U.S. Constitution

• poll tax

• suffrage

• literacy test

• amendment