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The Fifteenth Amendment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 15th Amendment says that...

a)

All males over the age of 21 had the right to vote

b)

All males over the age of 18 had the right to vote.

c)

All citizens has the right to vote

2.

Most people call the 13,14 and 15 Amendments the...

a)

African American Amendments

b)

The Civil Rights Amendments

c)

The Reconstruction Amendments

3.

Gave citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude.

a)

23rd Amendment

b)

24th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

4.

Which amendment gave blacks suffrage?

a)

13th

b)

15th

c)

24th

d)

26th

5.

Which amendment applies to this cartoon?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

14th

d)

26th

6.

This Amendment ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

7.

Which amendment is portrayed (shown) in this picture?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

16th Amendment

8.

What year was the Fifteenth Amendment ratified?

a)

1865

b)

1870

c)

1875

d)

1880

9.

Which group was primarily affected by the Fifteenth Amendment?

a)

Women

b)

African American men

c)

Native Americans

d)

Immigrants

10.

The Fifteenth Amendment is part of which group of amendments?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Civil War Amendments

c)

Progressive Era Amendments

d)

Prohibition Amendments

11.

Which U.S. President was in office when the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

James A. Garfield

12.

What was a major limitation of the Fifteenth Amendment when it was first enacted?

a)

It did not grant women the right to vote

b)

It allowed literacy tests and poll taxes

c)

It only applied to federal elections

d)

It was only applicable in Northern states

13.

Which Supreme Court case upheld the use of literacy tests, despite the Fifteenth Amendment?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Williams v. Mississippi

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

14.

What was the primary purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment?

a)

To abolish slavery

b)

To grant citizenship to all born in the U.S.

c)

To grant voting rights regardless of race

d)

To establish income tax

15.

Which amendment followed the Fifteenth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution?

a)

Sixteenth Amendment

b)

Seventeenth Amendment

c)

Eighteenth Amendment

d)

Nineteenth Amendment