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Suffrage Amendments-2024

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Twenty-fourth Amendment sought to correct a situation that was widespread in the South primarily as a result of the

a)

decline of the Ku Klux Klan

b)

activities of the Freedman's Bureau

c)

use of a poll tax to block voting by African Americans

d)

passage of the Black Codes

2.

The ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment resulted in helping young people in the United States by

a)

creating jobs for unemployed young people

b)

guaranteeing a minimum wage

c)

lowering the voting age to 18 from 21 years old

d)

providing financial assistance while in college

3.

Which was an underlying cause of the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment?

a)

unequal distribution of income tax rates

b)

failure to provide voting rights to women

c)

establishment of a graduated income tax

d)

events associated with the war in Vietnam

4.

One way in which the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments are similar is that they both

a)

increased the number of eligible voters in elections

b)

extended free speech protections to students

c)

helped overcome discrimination against African Americans

d)
  • reduced citizen participation in government

5.

After ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, literacy tests and grandfather clauses were used in the South primarily to

a)

increase the number of women voters

b)

limit the number of African-American voters

c)

help formerly enslaved persons to meet property requirements

d)

encourage African-American voters to attend college

6.

Which amendment extended voting rights to women?

a)

the 15th Amendment

b)

the 17th Amendment

c)

the 19th Amendment

d)

the 26th Amendment

7.

The Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth amendments are similar in that each

a)

shifted more power to state governments

b)

extended the vote to disenfranchised groups

c)

put limits on Presidential powers

d)

expanded the rights of the accused

8.

The 24th Amendment guarantees people the right to vote regardless of whether or not they have paid a poll tax.

Which group does the 24th Amendment aim to protect?

a)

soldiers

b)

women

c)

European Americans

d)

Poor People

9.

How were voting qualifications for national elections changed by a constitutional amendment?

a)

by lowering the minimum age to vote

b)

by adding a poll tax requirement prior to voting

c)

by making citizens over a specific age pass a test to vote

d)

by limiting general election voting to those who voted in the primary elections

10.

Which amendment is represented in the picture?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

23rd

d)

26th