WorksheetsCivil and Voting Rights Amendments
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the impact of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution?
a)
It enforced segregation
b)
It abolished poll taxes
c)
It made slavery illegal
d)
It defined citizenship
2.
Which term is the best meaning of "suffrage"?
a)
the right for women to protest
b)
the right to vote in elections
c)
citizenship
d)
freedom
3.
How did the 24th Amendment expand voting rights to Americans?
a)
States could charge poll taxes in elections
b)
Literacy tests were required so minorities learned to read
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It did nothing to expand voting rights
4.
How does the 14th Amendment protect individual rights?
a)
It made slavery illegal
b)
Women could now vote in all elections
c)
It made poll taxes illegal
d)
It defined citizenship so all citizens have the same rights
5.
Which of the following responses best supports the 15th Amendment of the Constitution?
a)
A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on gender.
b)
A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on race.
c)
A person cannot be denied the right to vote based on age.
d)
No one can be denied the right to vote.
6.
The 19th Amendment expanded voting rights to which group of people?
a)
Women
b)
18 year olds
c)
All freed slaves
d)
All Americans
7.
The first of the Reconstruction Amendments, this amendment went hand in hand with President Lincoln's wishes in the Emancipation Proclamation.
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
19th
8.
People like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are credited with fighting for this, which would be granted by the 19th amendment.
a)
Abolition of slavery
b)
Voting age lowered
c)
Women's suffrage (right to vote)
d)
Free speech.
9.
What age did the 26th amendment lower the voting age to?
a)
21
b)
18
c)
16
d)
25
10.
After the slaves were freed, the question came up of how to handle their future in the United States. The 14th Amendment helped do so by:
a)
Granting jobs to the newly freedmen.
b)
Granting former slaves the right to vote.
c)
Paying the former slaves money for their troubles.
d)
Defining and protecting their citizenship in the United States
11.
The 24th Amendment helped the poorer citizens of the United States, especially the African-American population, voting rights by eliminating:
a)
Poll taxes
b)
Literacy tests
c)
Age restrictions
d)
Segregation
12.
The 13th Amendment deals mostly with what topic?
a)
Abolishing Slavery
b)
Registering Voters
c)
Electing Vice Presidents
d)
Local Elections
13.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
14.
Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
15.
What does abolish mean?
a)
to get rid of
b)
to make shiny
16.
Did the 15th Amendment give women the right to vote?
a)
YES
b)
NO
17.
Every person born or naturalized in the US is a citizen. Which amendment is this?
a)
12th
b)
22nd
c)
15th
d)
14th
18.
Which amendment gave people 18+ the right to vote?
a)
Amendment 1
b)
Amendment 26
c)
Amendment 5
d)
Amendment 9
19.
26th Amendment
a)
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 17
b)
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 19
c)
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 20
d)
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
20.
What is the name of the first 10 amendments?
a)
Constitution
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Articles of Confederation
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