US Voting Rights History

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What was one of the restrictions placed on African Americans' voting rights in the Jim Crow South?

Requirement of owning property to vote

What group was considered part of their own tribal governments before gaining the right to vote nationwide?

Asian Americans

What war influenced the call for expanding voting rights based on the slogan 'Old enough to fight, old enough to vote!'?

Gulf War

What Amendment outlawed voting practices like literacy tests and voter intimidation used to discriminate against African Americans?

21st Amendment

Which statement about Washington, DC's representation in Congress is true before the 23rd Amendment?

Washington, DC had two Senators in Congress

Which demographic group was granted the right to vote by the 19th Amendment?

All Women

The 26th Amendment ensured that which group could not be denied the right to vote on account of age?

Citizens 18 years of age or older

Which amendment reinforced the voting rights protection of the 15th Amendment by further protecting all Americans' voting rights?

Voting Rights Act

The 24th Amendment banned the use of what in elections?

Poll taxes

Which group of individuals was granted the rights and privileges of American citizenship by the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924?

Native Americans

'Jim Crow Laws' were passed to undermine which set of amendments granting freedom and rights to ex-slaves?

15th Amendment

What age did the 26th Amendment change the voting age to?

18

What did the 24th Amendment, passed in 1964, ban?

Poll taxes

Which war influenced the change that led to the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Vietnam War

In what year did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 get passed?

1965

Which of the following demographic groups was affected by the grandfather clause in voting rights?

Poor man living in Rhode Island in 1792

Which of the following laws or amendments did not directly address obstacles to voting faced by marginalized groups in the United States?

23rd Amendment

What was one key difference between the effects of the 15th Amendment and the 19th Amendment on voting rights in the United States?

15th Amendment addressed race-based discrimination, while 19th Amendment addressed sex-based discrimination

Which amendment or act aimed specifically at dismantling a voting practice that disproportionately affected lower-income individuals?

24th Amendment

Which demographic group benefited directly from the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 in terms of voting rights expansion?

Native Americans

Which individual played a significant role in advocating for women's suffrage and worked towards expanding voting rights in the United States?

Susan B. Anthony

In U.S. history, what did men have to prove in order to be able to vote during colonial times and the early years of the country?

They had to prove ownership of property/land

Which Amendment granted women the right to vote in the United States?

19th Amendment

In what year did American Indians gain U.S. citizenship and the right to vote?

1924

Which state was the first to grant women the right to vote?

Wyoming

Which President signed the Indian Citizenship Act granting American Indians U.S. citizenship?

Calvin Coolidge

What did men in colonial times and the early years of the U.S. have to prove in order to gain the right to vote?

They had to prove that they owned property

In what year were women guaranteed the right to vote in the United States?

1920

Which group of people were given the right to vote in the U.S. after the passage of an Amendment?

Native Americans

Who was Susan B. Anthony and what was her role related to voting rights in the U.S.?

A suffragette who fought for women's right to vote

What historic event led to the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

The Civil Rights Movement

What determines Mary's voting rights in 1962?

Customary law

Why could Marvin, a wealthy landowner in Maine in 1815, vote?

Colonial traditional English law

Which law or amendment granted states the power to decide who could vote in 1789?

The Constitution

Susan, a former slave living in Wisconsin in 1880, was unable to vote primarily because of:

The Jim Crow Laws

Where did the early colonists get the idea that only male landowners should vote?

Traditional English law and times

In which year did the 15th Amendment grant African American men the right to vote?

1870

What state was the first to grant women the right to vote?

New York

Which amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18 in 1971?

26th Amendment

What barrier did the Civil Rights Movement seek to overcome regarding voting rights?

Poll taxes

Which war influenced the change in voting laws and practices that led to the passing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act?

World War I

Test your knowledge on the history of voting rights in the United States, from the struggles of Native Americans and African Americans to the passing of key amendments like the 23rd Amendment. Learn about the impact of poll taxes and voting restrictions during the Jim Crow era.

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