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WorksheetsVoting Rights Game
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
When the Constitution was first written, who held the power to decide who could vote?
a. The President
b. State officials
c. The Supreme Court
d. Congress
2. In the country's first election, most voters were:
a. White men with property
b. U.S. citizens over 18
c. Adults over 21
d. White men over 21
3. Which of the following gave Black men the legal right to vote?
a. The 14th Amendment
b. The Reconstruction Amendments
c. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
d. The Bill of Rights
4. In which of these periods were the most Black Americans elected to office?
a. During the American Revolution
b. Right before the Civil War
c. Following the Civil War
d. During the Jim Crow era
5. Literacy tests were designed to:
a. Test a voter's ability to read
b. Inform voters of the issues
c. Prevent most voters from passing
d. Ensure that voters were well-educated
6. Voter suppression in the South led to:
a. All-white state governments
b. Racist policies like segregation
c. Second-class citizenship for Black Americans
d. All of the above
7. What do Fannie Lou Hamer and John Lewis have in common?
a. They were denied the right to vote because of their race
b. They were violently attacked for trying to vote
c. They protested racist voter suppression
d. All of the above
8. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to a population of voters that was more:
a. Diverse
b. Conservative
c. Unified
d. Middle class
9. Which of the following is an example of voter suppression?
a. Making Election Day a national holiday
b. Allowing people to vote early
c. Requiring a voter’s signature
d. Reducing the number of polling locations
10. What happens when voter turnout increases?
a. The government increases in size
b. More citizens’ voices are heard
c. More officials are voted out
d. All of the above
