WorksheetsHistory of Voting Rights
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which best describes who could vote when the country started?
white, property owning over 18
white, property owning men over 18
property owning men over 21
white property owning men over 21
Which is NOT an amendment about voting?
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
23rd Amendment
The Voting Rights Act
gave the federal government power to make sure states were NOT discriminating voters
gave women the right to vote
allowed for voter registration to be done at multiple places
gave African Americans citizenship
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
19th
Which amendment banned the use of poll taxes?
26th amendment
17th amendment
23rd amendment
24th amendment
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
13th amendment
15th amendment
19th amendment
26th amendment
After the 15th Amendment was passed giving freed slaves the right to vote, some states used certain laws to try to prevent them from voting. These were called "Jim Crow" laws. One was a __________ (which is money a voter must pay to be able to vote)
crime tax
slave tax
poll tax
Suffrage is a fancy word meaning _____
the right to vote
the process to amend the Constitution
suffering
Which term means denied the right to vote
Disenfranchised
Gerrymandering
Suffrage
Outlawed racial discrimination in the workplace and in public places, including schools.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Jim Crow Laws
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Individuals were required to pass these in order to vote
Poll tax
Literacy tests
Jim Crow Laws
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