Constitution and Suffrage Quiz

The Fifteenth Amendment is part of which larger document?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution of the United States

• The Articles of Confederation

Which state was the first to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment?

• New York

• Illinois

• Nevada

• Georgia

What does the Fifteenth Amendment prohibit?

• Slavery

• Discrimination in voting rights

• Segregation

• Taxation without representation

What qualifications must electors have according to the Seventeenth Amendment?

• Same as the President

• Same as the Vice President

• Same as the most numerous branch of the State legislatures

• Same as the Supreme Court justices

When was the Nineteenth Amendment ratified?

• 1776

• 1865

• 1920

• 1964

Which branch of government is given the authority to enforce the Nineteenth Amendment?

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

• State

What is the main purpose of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?

• To allow women to vote

• To abolish poll taxes in voting

• To lower the voting age to 18

• To establish term limits for Congress

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?

• Fifteenth

• Nineteenth

• Twenty-Fourth

• Twenty-Sixth

Which amendment followed the Twenty-Fifth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution?

• Twenty-Third Amendment

• Twenty-Fourth Amendment

• Twenty-Sixth Amendment

• Twenty-Seventh Amendment

Which of the following is true about the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?

• It allows states to set their own voting age

• It prohibits age-based voting discrimination

• It requires a literacy test for voting

• It mandates voter ID laws