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Voting Rights

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What could be an effect of voter ID laws and/or voter suppression in states across the U.S.?

a)

More people will register to vote and participate on Election Day.

b)

Less people will be able to vote, which could affect the outcome of an election.

c)

There won't be any positive or negative effects on any elections.

d)

People's needs and wants will be more represented.

2.

What does the word SUFFRAGE mean?

a)

The right to drink

b)

The right to vote

c)

The right to suffer

d)

The right to speak your mind.

3.

Women were not included in the 15th Amendment. What was the result of this?

a)

It led to women boycotting voting.

b)

It led to the Women's voting union.

c)

It led to the Women's suffrage movement

d)

It led to a change in the voting age.

4.

Who led the Women's suffrage movement?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Carry Nation

c)

Betsy Ross

d)

Dolly Madison

5.

Identify which group was extended voting rights by the following amendments:

Twenty-sixth Amendment

a)

18 Year Olds

b)

African Americans

c)

Immigrants

d)

Women

6.

The _______ amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in the year 1920

a)

1st

b)

19th

c)

14th

7.

The ______amendment was passed in the year 1971 and set the national voting age to be 18

a)

26th

b)

1st

c)

14th

8.

Review: What is a form of government in which citizens are able to vote for officials that represent what they believe?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Democracy

d)

Theocracy

9.

What age can you vote?

a)

15

b)

18

c)

19

d)

20

10.

Citizens use this to vote on certain issues or candidates at the voting booth.

a)

Their signature

b)

ballot

c)

written statement

d)

contract

11.

Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, African-American voters faced this, especially in the American South.

a)

helpfulness

b)

sadness

c)

suppression

d)

conviction

12.

When you do this, you deprive eligible voters from voting in an election through no fault of their own.

a)

enfranchise

b)

disown

c)

disenfranchise

13.

What was the primary purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

a)

A) To eliminate poll taxes and literacy tests

b)

B) To establish a national voting holiday

c)

C) To lower the voting age to 18

d)

D) To introduce electronic voting machines

14.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote?

a)

A) 15th Amendment

b)

B) 19th Amendment

c)

C) 24th Amendment

d)

D) 26th Amendment

15.

What is gerrymandering and how does it affect voting rights?

a)

A) Drawing district boundaries to favor one party, affecting election outcomes

b)

B) A method of casting votes electronically

c)

C) A process of counting votes manually

d)

D) A system of voting by mail