Voting Rights - M

When the Constitution was first written, who held the power to decide who could vote?

• Federal government

• State officials

In the country's first election, most voters were:

• White men with property

• Adults over the age of 18

Which of the following gave Black men the legal right to vote?

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

In which of these periods were the most Black Americans elected to office?

• Following the Civil War

• During the Jim Crow era

Literacy tests were designed to:

• Inform voters of the issues

• Prevent black voters from voting

Voter suppression in the South led to:

• All-white state governments

• Policies like segregation

• Second class citizenship for Black Americans

• All of the above

What do Fannie Lou Hamer and John Lewis have in common?

• They were denied the right to vote because of their race.

• They were violently attacked for trying to vote.

• They protested racist voter suppression.

• All of the above

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to a population of voters that was more:

• Diverse

• Traditional

Which of the following is an example of voter suppression (discouraging people from voting) ?

• Allowing people to vote early

• Reducing the number of polling locations

What happens when voter turnout increases?

• More citizens' voices are heard.

• More officials are voted out.