Extending Voting Rights

Question 1

Which statement is true regarding the Twenty-sixth Amendment?

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The government mandated that all youth over 18 were granted the right to vote.

Question 2

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

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Nineteenth

Question 3

What is the correct definition of suffrage?

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earning voting privileges

Question 4

Which piece of legislation increased the number of eligible voters by decreasing the required voting age to 18?

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Twenty-sixth Amendment

Question 5

Following the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, states attempted to limit voting rights of African Americans through

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poll taxes and literacy tests.

Question 6

State laws passed primarily in Southern states to restrict the voting rights of African Americans after the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment came to be known collectively as

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Jim Crow laws.

Question 7

Which group has the lowest voter-participation rate?

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young adults

Question 8

The Voting Rights Act ended

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literacy tests.

Question 9

most

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African American males of voting age

Question 10

The Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed a person’s right to vote regardless of

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race.

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