Amendments + Rights Acts

Question 1

What was the primary effect of the 15th Amendment?

Answer 1

The 15th Amendment tried to increase participation by Black people but had a limited impact because of discriminatory laws like poll taxes and literacy tests.

Question 2

15th amendement is…

Answer 2

guarantees that neither federal nor state governments can prohibit someone from voting because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

Question 3

women weren’t able to vote until?

Answer 3

1920.

Question 4

The 19th amendment did what?

Answer 4

allowed women in more states to be able to vote that came into effect during the woman’s sufferage movement.

Question 5

Which Constitutional Amendment prohibited the poll tax?

Answer 5

24th amendment

Question 6

which court case is linked to the 24th amendement?

Answer 6

Breedlove v. Suttles court case declared poll tax unconstitutional.

Question 7

which amendment changed the age range to vote to 18-21?

Answer 7

the 26th amendment.

Question 8

voter participation of black people did not increase until which event?

Answer 8

until poll tax was banned with the 24th amendment.

Question 9

Popular election of U.S. senators

Answer 9

17th amendment

Question 10

District of Columbia granted an Electoral College vote

Answer 10

23 amendment

Question 11

abolished slavery declaring it unconstitutional in 1865

Answer 11

13th amendment

Question 12

granted African Americans citizenship

Answer 12

14th amendment

Question 13

This law, passed in 1967, prohibits discrimination against persons 40 years of age or older in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation or terms, conditions, or privileges of employment.

Answer 13

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

Question 14

law prohibits discrimination in programs and activities that receive federal assistance, such as in education, healthcare, housing, and rehabilitation programs.

Answer 14

Age Discrimination Act of 1975

Question 15

federal law that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; also prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements and segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations

Answer 15

civil rights act of 1964

Question 16

prohibited discrimination based on disability, required employers to make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities, and created accessibility requirements for public accommodations.

Answer 16

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Question 17

What is the importance of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009?

Answer 17

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act reinforced the Equal Pay Act of 1963

Question 18

Which two constitutional amendments are supported by the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Answer 18

15th and 24th

Question 19

law prohibits a wide range of discriminatory practices in housing, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability status, familial status, and national origin?

Answer 19

The Fair Housing Act of 1968