History of Voting Rights Quiz

What is another word for suffrage?

• Wealth

• Freedom

• Franchise

• Citizenship

What did the 15th Amendment aim to do?

• Give women the right to vote

• End slavery

• Protect voting rights regardless of race

• Lower the voting age

What was a common tactic used to keep African Americans from voting?

• Public debates

• Free education

• Literacy tests

• Tax breaks

Which law banned unfair use of literacy tests and allowed for injunctions?

• Civil Rights Act of 1957

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• 15th Amendment

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

• Created the Civil Rights Commission

• Banned literacy tests and added preclearance

• Lowered the voting age

• Made voting mandatory

What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act on Black political participation?

• It led to more voter fraud

• It stopped people from voting in federal elections

• It increased the number of Black elected officials

• It replaced state voting laws with national ones

What did Shelby County v. Holder (2013) do?

• Ended the preclearance formula in the Voting Rights Act

• Guaranteed same-day voter registration

• Required federal ID cards to vote

• Gave 17-year-olds the right to vote

What was one reason critics opposed post-Shelby voting laws?

• They were too expensive to enforce

• They disproportionately affected minority voters

• They made voting completely online

• They let 16-year-olds vote

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 establish?

• The Department of Justice

• The Voting Rights Act

• The U.S. Civil Rights Commission

• The Supreme Court's power to review elections

What did the 26th Amendment do?

• Let women vote

• Lowered the voting age to 18

• Ended voter ID laws

• Created early voting rules