political

Question 1

Voting rights act
when
branch
president
what

Answer 1

1965
congress
lyndon johnson
to overcome legal barriers put in place by states that violated AA 15th Am right

Question 2

Voting restrictions

Answer 2

Grandfather clauses
Literacy tests
Poll taxes

Question 3

Grandfather clauses
when
why stop
what
how many states

Answer 3

1890- 1915
Guinn v US
if a man’s family had voted before 1866 then that man could vote
7 southern states

Question 4

literacy tests
when
what

Answer 4

1865- 1965
test literacy in order to vote
targeted AA

Question 5

Poll tax
what
when ended

Answer 5

Fee that citizens had to pay to vote
ended by the 24th Am

Question 6

24th Am
when

Answer 6

1964
right of citizens to vote shouldn’t be denied or abridged by failure to pay the oil tax or any other tax

Question 7

Guinn v US
when
what

Answer 7

1915
stopped grandfather clauses

Question 8

Smith v Allwright
when
what

Answer 8

1944
unconstitutional for black voters to be excluded from party primary voting

Question 9

US v Mississippi
when
what

Answer 9

1965
The Supreme Court overturned a Mississippi law discriminating against AA voter registration

Question 10

Organisations political effective

Answer 10

NAACP: achieving SC court ruling in 1944 Smith v Allwright - illegal to deny AA right to vote in primary elections

SCLC + SNCC + CORE = Selma to Montgomery 1965 -> CRA 65’ wasn’t just King.
Organizations forced Johnson to act through proving it was a necessity to pass - Used media to great effect.

Rainbow/PUSH helps Jesse Jackson - Democratic candidate in 1984 & 1988