1.
Prior to 1828, which of the following did you have to be in order to vote?
A
White
B
Male
C
White, male, and own property (land)
2.
The presidential campaigns between John Quincy Adams and Andrew __________ eventually led to the removal of property requirements as a barrier to voting.
A
Jefferson
B
Johnson
C
Jackson
3.
A tax or fee that is required to be paid in order to vote is called a _________.
A
ballot tax
B
voting tax
C
poll tax
4.
Some states required that potential voters demonstrate the ability to read before being allowed to vote. This was known as a ________. This test was sometimes used to keep African-Americans and others from voting.
A
literacy test
B
speaking test
C
ballot test
5.
Some states inserted a grandfather _________ in their voting laws that waived the requirements to pass a literacy tax or pay a poll tax if your ancestor voted.
A
sentence
B
phrase
C
clause
6.
African-American males were granted the right to vote by the _______ Amendment.
A
14th
B
15th
C
16th
7.
The _____ Amendment establishes the principle that any child who is born on American soil is automatically an American citizen.
A
12th
B
14th
C
27th
8.
The meeting that first proposed having the right to vote as a major goal of the women's rights movement is known as the ____________ Falls Convention.
A
Niagara
B
Seneca
C
Victoria
9.
Women gained the right to vote in Wyoming as early as ____________.
A
1869
B
1769
C
1969
10.
Women were granted the right to vote by the Constitution in 1920 with the passage of the ____ Amendment.
A
18th
B
19th
C
20th
11.
Poll taxes were outlawed by the 24th Amendment to the Constitution in ______.
A
1954
B
1964
C
1974
12.
The Voting Rights Act made it illegal to limit or interfere with a citizen's right to vote because of race. The act was passed in ______.
A
1945
B
1955
C
1965
13.
The ________ Amendment lowered the legal voting age from 21 to 18.
A
24th
B
25th
C
26th
14.
Native Americans were initially offered the right to vote on the condition that they renounce (no longer be a member of) their tribe. This was known as "The __________ Act."
