What was the common theme of the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments?

Extend voting rights to groups that were formerly disenfranchised

Place limits on immigrants coming to the US

Prevent a strong central government from threatening people’s rights

Strengthen the rights of persons accused of a crime

Select all the ways the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments accomplished the common theme you selected above.

Eliminated the payment of poll taxes

Granted 18 year olds the right to vote

Granted citizenship to former slaves

Allowed citizens to vote directly for US Senators

Prevented someone from being tried twice for the same crime

After ratification of the 15th Amendment, literacy tests and grandfather clauses were used in the South primarily to

Limit the number of African American voters

Encourage African American voters to attend college

Help formerly enslaved persons to meet property requirements

Increase the number of women voters

One way in which the Women’s Suffrage and Civil Rights movements are similar is that both

Focused on securing the right to vote for disenfranchised groups

Relied mostly on violence to draw attention to their goals

Opposed Supreme Court decisions expanding the rights of the accused

Refused to support church and religious leaders

After the Civil War, the purpose of adding the 15th Amendment to the Constitution was to

Guarantee African American the right to vote

Grant civil and political rights to women

Allow African American to become full citizens

Extend voting rights to 18 year old

One way in which the 15th and 19th Amendments are similar is that they both

Increased the number of eligible voters in elections

Extended free speech protections to students

Reduced citizen participation in government

Helped overcome discrimination against African Americans

Which was an underlying cause of the ratification of the 26th Amendment?

Events associated with the war in Vietnam

Unequal distribution of income tax rates

Failure to provide voting rights to women

Establishment of a graduated income tax

The ratification of the 26th Amendment resulted in helping young people in the US by

Lowering the voting age from 21 to 18

Providing financial assistance while in college

Creating jobs for unemployed young people

The 24th Amendment sought to correct a situation that was widespread in the South primarily as a result of the

Use of a poll tax to block voting by African Americans

Activities of the Freedmen's Bureau

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Progressive income tax

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Freedom of speech, press, etc.

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Ended slavery

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Test: Voting Amendments

Direct Election of Senators

Progressive income tax

Freedom of speech, press, etc.

Ended slavery

Right to bear arms

No unlawful search and seizure

No cruel or unusual punishment

Women’s suffrage

Right to remain silent

What was the common theme of the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments?

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