10問

Voting Rights and the Amendments

Grades 8–9 · the 15th, 19th, 24th and 26th Amendments, the Voting Rights Act, registration, primaries, redistricting and gerrymandering, with a timeline table and a sorting picture.

質問

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  1. 1質問 1

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

    AThe right to vote cannot be denied because of race, color or previous servitude
    BEvery citizen over 21 must vote
    CWomen may vote in all elections
    DSenators are elected directly by the people of each state instead of by state legislatures
  2. 2質問 2

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

    AThe 15th Amendment, 1870
    BThe 24th Amendment, 1964
    CThe 19th Amendment, 1920
    DThe 26th Amendment, 1971
  3. 3質問 3

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

    ALiteracy tests given only to some voters at the polls
    BVoting by mail
    CPoll taxes, a fee charged to vote
    DRegistering by party
  4. 4質問 4

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

    A21, to match the drinking age and the age of full legal adulthood in most states at the time
    B16, so students could vote on school boards
    C25, the age to serve in the House
    D18, after the argument that people old enough to be drafted should be old enough to vote
  5. 5質問 5

    What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

    ACreated the Electoral College
    BBanned literacy tests and let the federal government oversee elections in places with a history of discrimination
    CGave each state two senators
    DSet Election Day as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every state and territory for all federal offices
  6. 6質問 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.
    A1954
    B1964
    C1965
    D1968
  7. 7質問 7

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

    APass a short civics test at the polling place
    BRegister to vote by the state's deadline
    CJoin a political party
    DOwn property in the state
  8. 8質問 8

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

    AThe president's staff and the federal agencies
    BCongress
    CThe Supreme Court
    DState and local election officials
  9. 9質問 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.
    AThe 15th Amendment
    BThe National Voter Registration Act of 1993
    CThe 24th Amendment
    DThe Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments
  10. 10質問 10

    What is gerrymandering?

    ACounting the population every ten years
    BDrawing district boundaries to favor one party or group
    CHolding a primary election to choose a party's candidate
    DRequiring photo identification to vote

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