The Right to Vote in the United States

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What was the primary requirement for voting when the United States was founded?

Being a property owner

Being able to pay a special fee

Being a free man

Being a white man who owned land (correct)

What replaced the property requirement for voting in the early 1800s?

A poll tax (correct)

Being a free man

A special fee

A literacy test

What was the main purpose of imposing literacy tests by some states?

To allow only those who could read to vote

To ensure that voters were well-educated

To assess the intelligence of potential voters

To prevent black men from voting (correct)

Which amendment to the Constitution allowed black men to vote after the Civil War?

Fifteenth Amendment Signup and view all the answers

What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

It removed restrictions such as literacy tests. Signup and view all the answers

Why did the Twenty-sixth Amendment grant people aged 18 and older the right to vote?

To align the voting age with the age at which people were drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Signup and view all the answers

Who were the main beneficiaries of the clauses that exempted individuals from taking literacy tests if their grandfathers had voted?

Poor white men Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution?

It granted women the right to vote. Signup and view all the answers

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed restrictions such as ______ tests.

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In 1920, women were granted the right to vote by the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution after many years of struggling to win this ______.

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In 1971, the Twenty-sixth Amendment gave people aged 18 and older the ______ to vote.

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Convicted felons (people who have committed serious crimes) cannot vote in most ______.

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The Right to Vote in the United States

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What was the primary requirement for voting when the United States was founded?

What replaced the property requirement for voting in the early 1800s?

What was the main purpose of imposing literacy tests by some states?

Which amendment to the Constitution allowed black men to vote after the Civil War?

What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Why did the Twenty-sixth Amendment grant people aged 18 and older the right to vote?

Who were the main beneficiaries of the clauses that exempted individuals from taking literacy tests if their grandfathers had voted?

What was the significance of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed restrictions such as ______ tests.

In 1920, women were granted the right to vote by the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution after many years of struggling to win this ______.

In 1971, the Twenty-sixth Amendment gave people aged 18 and older the ______ to vote.

Convicted felons (people who have committed serious crimes) cannot vote in most ______.

In the early 1800s, the property requirement for voting was replaced with a ______

The 24th amendment in 1964 made ______ illegal

The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution allowed ______ men to vote

Many black men were prevented from voting by imposing ______ tests

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