Voting Rights - Test Review

What does the word discrimination mean?

• Equal and fair treatment of all individuals
• Random selection of people for a task
• Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people
• Providing opportunities based on merit alone

1. True or False: All states had the same rules for voting when the United States was first created.

• Mostly true
• Partially true
• True
• False

When the U.S. was first created, most states only allowed who to vote?

• White men

• White men who owned property

• White men and women

• Anyone who wanted to vote.

The story of voting rights in the United States is a story of people having to _______ for the right to vote.

• dance
• fight
• sleep
• eat

What were Union Leagues?

• Underground organizations supporting the abolition of slavery
• Political parties advocating for secession
• Military units formed by the Confederacy
• Organizations formed after the American Civil War to support the Black men and women in the South

What does the word hypocrisy mean?

• Demonstrating integrity and sincerity
• Pretending to have virtues or beliefs that one does not actually possess.
• Acting in accordance with one's beliefs
• Being honest and truthful at all times

What is voter suppression?

• Voter suppression is the encouragement of all groups to vote.
• Voter suppression is the fair and equal access to voting for all citizens.
• Voter suppression is the use of tactics to prevent certain groups from voting.
• Voter suppression is the process of verifying voter eligibility.

Match each of the Reconstruction amendments to their descriptions.

• 13th Amendment

• Made it illegal to take away a person’s right to vote because of the color of their skin or because they used to be a slave.

• 15th Amendment

• Granted citizenship and equal rights to the formerly enslaved people.

• 14th Amendment

• Made slavery illegal in the United States

Sharecropping was a system used after the end of ​ (a)   . This ​ (b)   system was a way for farmers in the South to replace the slaves who had previously done the work on their farms. Under this system, sharecroppers would ​ (c)   land and supplies to build a farm on. At the end of the growing season, the ​ (d)   then had to give an agreed upon portion of their crops to the owner of the land.

• slavery
• unfair
• rent
• sharecropper

What is a treaty?

• A treaty is a formal and legally binding agreement between states or international organizations.
• A treaty is a type of transportation
• A treaty is a type of clothing
• A treaty is a type of food