WorksheetsVoting Rights Test
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18 due to the Vietnam War?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
19th Amendment
c)
24th Amendment
d)
26th Amendment
2.
Voting online is allowed in all 50 states
a)
True
b)
False
3.
What Amendment banned Poll Taxes?
a)
24th Amendment
b)
26th Amendment
c)
19th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
4.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned..
a)
Grandfather Clauses
b)
Racism
c)
Literacy Tests
d)
Separate but Equal
5.
What is the name of the location where people vote on election day?
a)
Capitol Building
b)
Polling Place
c)
Constituency
d)
Town Hall
6.
If black voters were able to get to election day and meet all "requirements", intimidation and violence was common to prevent them from exercising their right to vote
a)
True
b)
False
7.
A white woman marrying a black man would violate was illegal in many states is an example of:
a)
Miscegnation
b)
Segregation
c)
Black Codes
d)
Public Accommodation
8.
What was the primary goal of the Voting RIghts Act of 1965?
a)
Establish national voter registration system
b)
To ensure all citizens could participate in the electoral process
c)
To provide financial assistance to states for voter education programs
d)
To create a federal commission to investigate voter fraud
9.
What was the impact of Shelby County v. Holder on the Voting Rights Act?
a)
Strengthened the Voting Rights Act
b)
Declared the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional
c)
It upheld the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act
d)
It weakened the Voting Rights Act
10.
What court case said that segregated schools could no longer exist?
a)
Plessy V Ferguson
b)
Miranda V Arizona
c)
Marbury V Madison
d)
Brown V Board of Education
11.
Literacy tests were designed to determine a voter's reading level.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Voters could be denied the right to vote if their grandfather were not allowed to vote.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Poll taxes were abolished with the 15th amendment.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Voter discrimination is still happening as recently as the 2016 election in Atlanta.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Voter ID laws are an obstacle for what group of people?
a)
Republicans
b)
Homeless/Poor
c)
Democrats
d)
None of the above
16.
Requiring potential voters to pay is an example of what obstacle to voting?
a)
Grandfather Clauses
b)
Literacy Tests
c)
Poll Tax
d)
Poll Tests
17.
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
26
b)
14
c)
19
d)
15
18.
Which event led to the 26th amendment?
a)
Brown Vs. Board of Education
b)
Poll Taxes
c)
Korean War
d)
Vietnam War
19.
Families of Chinese background choosing to live in Chinatown is an example of what?
a)
DeJure Segregation
b)
De Facto Segregation
c)
The 14th Amendment
d)
Miscegnation
20.
Before the Civil Rights Movement, many areas were segregated. Why was this allowed?
a)
It fit Separate but Equal
b)
It fit the 14th Amendment
c)
It fit the American Constitution
d)
It fit the Segregation Requirement
21.
The term segregation means ____________________
a)
To work with a limited number of people
b)
To think one race is superior to another
c)
To include everyone, regardless of race
d)
To isolate or set apart from others
22.
What laws created a distinct barrier between White and Black America?
a)
The 14th Amendment
b)
The Jim Crow Laws
c)
Expedition Laws
d)
Treason Laws
23.
Which of the following were barriers to voting?
a)
Poll Tax
b)
Literacy Tests
c)
Grandfather Clauses
d)
All of the above
24.
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 gave American Indians the right to vote.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
All white men were always allowed to vote.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
What act gave equality and equal treatment before the law for all people in 1965?
a)
The Voting Rights Act
b)
The Equal Opportunity Act
c)
The Americans with Disabilities Act
d)
The Americans for Greater Prosperity Act
27.
The 19th Amendment gave the vote to which group of people?
a)
African Americans men
b)
Americans with disabilities
c)
African American Women
d)
Women
28.
Why was the signing of ADA so important?
a)
It banned discrimination of American Indians
b)
It banned discrimination of the disabled
c)
It allowed Americans with Dalmation dogs equal representation
d)
It allowed Farm Workers to unionize
29.
Suffrage can be defined as:
a)
A revolution
b)
Denying voting rights
c)
the right to vote
d)
the Homer vs. Plessy verdict
30.
A 25 year old Native American woman living in North Dakota in 1950 would like to vote in the presidential election. Can she vote?
a)
No, because she lives in North Dakota.
b)
Yes, because women earned the vote in 1920
c)
No, because Native Americans did not get the vote until 1962
d)
Yes, because all citizens can vote in 1950.
31.
Miscegenation was illegal in many states. Which of the following was an example?
a)
An African American owning property
b)
A Native American voting in an upcoming election.
c)
An African American man marrying a white woman.
d)
A woman becoming an elected official.
32.
Homer Plessy's case can be viewed as positive progress for voting rights.
a)
True
b)
False
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