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Constitution and Suffrage Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Fifteenth Amendment is part of which larger document?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Bill of Rights

c)

The Constitution of the United States

d)

The Articles of Confederation

2.

Which state was the first to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment?

a)

New York

b)

Illinois

c)

Nevada

d)

Georgia

3.

What does the Fifteenth Amendment prohibit?

a)

Slavery

b)

Discrimination in voting rights

c)

Segregation

d)

Taxation without representation

4.

What qualifications must electors have according to the Seventeenth Amendment?

a)

Same as the President

b)

Same as the Vice President

c)

Same as the most numerous branch of the State legislatures

d)

Same as the Supreme Court justices

5.

When was the Nineteenth Amendment ratified?

a)

1776

b)

1865

c)

1920

d)

1964

6.

Which branch of government is given the authority to enforce the Nineteenth Amendment?

a)

Executive

b)

Legislative

c)

Judicial

d)

State

7.

What is the main purpose of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?

a)

To allow women to vote

b)

To abolish poll taxes in voting

c)

To lower the voting age to 18

d)

To establish term limits for Congress

8.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?

a)

Fifteenth

b)

Nineteenth

c)

Twenty-Fourth

d)

Twenty-Sixth

9.

Which amendment followed the Twenty-Fifth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution?

a)

Twenty-Third Amendment

b)

Twenty-Fourth Amendment

c)

Twenty-Sixth Amendment

d)

Twenty-Seventh Amendment

10.

Which of the following is true about the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?

a)

It allows states to set their own voting age

b)

It prohibits age-based voting discrimination

c)

It requires a literacy test for voting

d)

It mandates voter ID laws

11.

Which voting behavior is concerned with the citizen’s individual interest?

a)

Retrospective

b)

Prospective

c)

Rational Choice

d)

Party line

12.

What does Party line voting emphasize?

a)

Individual interest

b)

Recent past performance

c)

Future predictions

d)

Party loyalty

13.

Which voting behavior is least concerned with future predictions?

a)

Rational Choice

b)

Retrospective

c)

Prospective

d)

Party line

14.

Which voting behavior is primarily about supporting a political party?

a)

Rational Choice

b)

Retrospective

c)

Prospective

d)

Party line

15.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
16.
Did the 15th Amendment give women the right to vote?
a)
YES
b)
NO
17.

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was primarily meant to

a)

grant citizenship to all people born in the United States.

b)

end the institution of slavery in the United States.

c)

allow former slaves the right to vote.

d)

allow women the right to vote.

18.

this amendment says all male citizens can now vote

a)

13th

b)

15th

c)

19th

d)

23rd