Expansion Of Voting Rights Question Preview (ID: 46862)


This Review Game Covers Amendments 15, 19, 24, And 26. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Which amendment originally only gave men of color the right to vote?
a) 15th
b) 19th
c) 13th
d) 14th

Which amendment gave women of all races the right to vote?
a) 19th amendment
b) 15th amendment
c) 21st amendment
d) 26th amendment

Which amendment outlawed poll taxes?
a) 24th amendment
b) 25th amendment
c) 26th amendment
d) 22nd amendment

Which amendment gave 18-year-olds the right to vote?
a) 26th amendment
b) 16th amendment
c) 24th amendment
d) 27th amendment

Which amendment currently gives the right to vote to all people, no matter their race, color, or 'previous condition of servitude'?
a) 13th amendment
b) 14th amendment
c) 15th amendment
d) 11th amendment

What were two ways that certain states kept People of Color from voting?
a) poll taxes and literacy tests
b) grandfather clauses and civics tests
c) violence and intimidation
d) all answer choices are correct

Which of these answer choices is NOT why women were originally denied the right to vote?
a) They were 'morally pure.'
b) They were supposed to remain in the domestic sphere.
c) They were 'childlike.'
d) They could tell their husbands who to vote for, so why would they need to vote.

Which United States war propelled the movement to lower the voting age?
a) Vietnam War
b) Korean War
c) World War II
d) Gulf War

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
a) all answer choices are correct
b) prohibited literacy tests used to determine voter eligibility
c) expanded voting rights to People of Color
d) prohibited racial discrimination in voting

My name is Ann Perkins. I am a 36-year-old woman who lives in Indiana. The year is 1950. Can I vote?
a) Yes
b) No
c)
d)

My name is John. I am a poor former slave who lives in Mississippi in the year 1899. Can I vote
a) No
b) Yes
c)
d)

It is 1982, and my state of Alabama says I have to pay a tax in order to vote. Which amendment prohibits this?
a) 24th amendment
b) 26th amendment
c) 22nd amendment
d) 19th amendment

The year is 2018 and Ms. Klindt just turned 21. When she goes to vote, they tell her she is too young. Which amendment gives her the right?
a) 23rd amendment
b) 19th amendment
c) 26th amendment
d) 24th amendment

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