Quiz: Your Right to Vote

Which amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections?

• 15th

• 19th

• 24th

• 26th

What are the three universal criteria for voting in every state?

• Gender, citizenship, and age

• Citizenship, residence, and age

• Party, location, and wealth

• State loyalty, registration, and age

What was the effect of the 1970 Voting Rights Act and Dunn v. Blumstein?

• Banned women from voting

• Shortened residence requirements to 30 days

• Raised the voting age

• Banned campaign ads before elections

What did the 26th Amendment do?

• Allowed immigrants to vote

• Lowered the voting age to 18

• Ended property requirements

• Required voter ID

What is voter registration meant to prevent?

• Biased candidates

• Fraudulent voting

• Party loyalty

• Too many voters

What was a result of the Motor Voter Law (1993)?

• People could register when getting a driver’s license

• Voting age changed

• Taxes were removed

• States were banned from requiring registration

What is the argument against voter ID laws?

• They let people vote twice

• They may stop poor and elderly people from voting

• They are too easy to get

• They remove poll books

What were literacy tests used for?

• To teach new voters

• To block Black and immigrant voters

• To promote reading

• To reduce fraud

What did grandfather clauses do?

• Help women vote

• Let white men skip literacy or tax rules

• Block older voters

• Lower the voting age

Who is commonly barred from voting in most states?

• Non-parents

• Students

• Felons and people in mental institutions

• Out-of-state travelers