Voting Rights Amendments

What does an amendment to the US Constitution represent?

• A change or addition to the Constitution

• A new political party

• A federal law

• A Supreme Court decision

How is an amendment proposed?

• By a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress

• By a majority vote in the Senate

• By the President

• By a national referendum

Which amendment abolished slavery?

• 19th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

What does the 14th Amendment provide?

• Women's right to vote

• Abolishment of slavery

• Equal protection under the law

• Lowered the voting age to 18

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

What did the 15th Amendment achieve?

• Gave African American men the right to vote

• Ended poll taxes

• Defined citizenship

• Lowered the voting age to 18

Which amendment outlawed poll taxes?

• 24th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

What is the process of becoming a U.S. citizen called?

• Ratification

• Suffrage

• Amendment

• Naturalization

What does 'suffrage' mean?

• The process of amending the Constitution

• A historical period

• The right to vote

• A type of law

Which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 26th Amendment