Extending Voting Rights – Flashcards

Read the following amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Which amendment is this? Fifteenth Nineteenth Twenty-first Twenty-sixth

What is the benefit of having legislation ratified in the form of an amendment? An amendment is protected under the U.S. Constitution. An amendment is quicker to pass than an act. An amendment can be changed if society shifts in the future. An amendment automatically triggers lawsuits if it is ignored.

The table shows information about African-American legislators. African-American participation in Congress increased most dramatically after passage of which legislation? Fifteenth Amendment Voting Rights Act Nineteenth Amendment Twenty-sixth Amendment

The Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed a person's right to vote regardless of age. gender. race. education.

The Voting Rights Act ended poll taxes. literacy tests. voter segregation. gender discrimination.

Which group has the lowest voter participation rate? African-Americans young adults women military

The Fifteenth Amendment applied to which of the following groups? African-Americans African-American males African-American females African-Americans over the age of 18

Which of the following did the Civil Rights Act accomplish? It ended public segregation. It ended poll taxes. It ended voter literacy tests. It ended gender discrimination.

When was the Fifteenth Amendment ratified? in the 1860s, after the Civil War in the 1920s, after World War I in the 1960s, during the civil rights movement in the 1940s, during segregation

Before the Fifteenth Amendment was passed, which states refused African-Americans the right to vote? northern states southern states some northern and southern states all states

Which government agency analyzed data to ensure African-Americans were receiving fair treatment at the polls? NAACP Census Bureau Voting Rights Department Justice Bureau

What is the correct definition of suffrage? suffering through segregation gaining civil rights earning voting privileges facing gender discrimination

Which of the following scenarios illustrates what might have taken place at a southern state polling center in the wake of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment? poll workers requiring voters to show a pay stub proving employment poll workers asking voters to prove home ownership poll workers having voters read the voting directions out loud before voting poll workers creating separate lines for voters based on race

Which occurred after women earned the right to vote? Women were still unable to serve in government. Women serve in government but are still underrepresented. Women now serve as a majority in Congress. Women can run for office but do not get elected.

The Civil Rights Act expanded the role of women in government. states' rights to control voting processes. segregation in public facilities. the federal government's power.