Voting Rights and the Amendments

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    Question 1

    What did the 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, say about voting?

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    Question 2

    Which amendment guaranteed women the right to vote, and in what year was it ratified?

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    Question 3

    The 24th Amendment banned a practice that had kept poor voters away from federal elections. What was it?

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    Question 4

    The 26th Amendment changed the voting age. What did it set it to, and why then?

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    Question 5

    What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

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    Question 6

    The table is a timeline of voting-rights amendments. Which year is missing?

    A two-column timeline: 1870 and 15th: race; 1920 and 19th: women; a blank year and 24th: poll tax; 1971 and 26th: age 18.
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    Question 7

    In most states, what must a citizen do before they can cast a ballot?

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    Question 8

    Who actually runs elections in the United States, printing ballots and counting votes?

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    Question 9

    The picture sorts ways voting rights were expanded. Which belongs in the blank card?

    Two bins. The constitutional amendments bin holds the cards 19th: women vote and 26th: vote at 18. The acts of Congress bin holds the card Voting Rights Act 1965 and one blank card.
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    Question 10

    What is gerrymandering?