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What was the primary requirement for voting when the United States was founded?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
What was the significance of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed restrictions such as ______ tests.
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 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.
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 ______.
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 ______
In the early 1800s, the property requirement for voting was replaced with a ______
The 24th amendment in 1964 made ______ illegal
The 24th amendment in 1964 made ______ illegal
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution allowed ______ men to vote
The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution allowed ______ men to vote
Many black men were prevented from voting by imposing ______ tests
Many black men were prevented from voting by imposing ______ tests
