Extending Voting Rights — Unit test

Question 1

In Brown v. Board of Education, who instigated the lawsuit?

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The parents

Question 2

Why would the right to privacy implied in the Ninth Amendment not protect an individual writing a blog?

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The information is freely given to others.

Question 3

In Schenck v. United States, what circumstance made this speech case special?

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It occurred during wartime.

Question 4

Why was it decided to lower the voting age to 18 from 21?

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It was unusual that 18-year-olds could be drafted but could not vote.

Question 5

The graph shows the population of the United States in 2011.

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two-thirds

Question 6

For most of the 1900s, the legal voting age was

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21

Question 7

Which term is defined as “a legal doctrine that permitted racial segregation in public facilities?”

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separate but equal

Question 8

Which of the following made Jim Crow laws, such as poll taxes and literacy tests, illegal?

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 9

Which is a procedural right protected by the Bill of Rights?

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right to call witnesses

Question 10

Jane Roe sued the state of Texas because she wanted

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to have a state law declared unconstitutional.

Extending Voting Rights — Unit test Answers