3.7 Impact of the Civil Rights and Voting Amendments

Front

The Fifteenth Amendment states that no person can be denied the right to vote based on:

Back

skin color.

Front

After the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870, what happened? Options: African Americans finally achieved full suffrage and the support of all state governments., women landowners were allowed to vote., many Southern states passed laws to keep African Americans from voting., all women were allowed to vote.

Back

many Southern states passed laws to keep African Americans from voting.

Front

The Nineteenth Amendment extended the right to vote to which group?

Back

women

Front

Which amendment officially ended the use of poll taxes? Options: 14th Amendment, 18th Amendment, 24th Amendment, 27th Amendment

Back

24th Amendment

Front

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were all created as a result of: the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, Vietnam

Back

the Civil War

Front

The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18 was the

Back

Twenty-sixth.

Front

Which amendment officially abolished slavery across the entire United States?

Back

13th Amendment

Front

Amendments 15, 19, and 26 deal particularly with which of the following? Civil, Women's, Voting, States

Back

Voting

Front

What is the best interpretation of the statement below?

“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 race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Back

Any race, color and previous status of slavery are allowed to vote.

Front

The main difference between the Voting Rights Amendments 15th and 26th involved which of the following concepts?

Back

Any color of skin can vote (15th) and 18 years of age or older (26th)