Quiz- 10/26- History of Voting

Question 1

Early voting laws came from England

Answer 1

1789

Question 2

Only Adult white male with property were allowed to vote

Answer 2

1789

Question 3

Over time, states allowed all white adult man to vote. No property needed

Answer 3

1820-1880

Question 4

All adult men, color of skin will not affect ability to vote.

Answer 4

1870

Question 5

__th Amendment voting shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous conditions of servitude.

Answer 5

15

Question 6

What proved as a barrier that discouraged blacks from voting?

Answer 6

Poll tax, literature test, and Groups such as KKK who used violence and terror to keep from voting.

Question 7

Women could vote in Wyoming in year

Answer 7

1869

Question 8

White women, black men and white men were allowed to vote in year

Answer 8

1920

Question 9

__th Amendment voting shall not be denied on account of gender, when did it pass?

Answer 9

19, 1920

Question 10

The right to vote for native Americans were not given by some states until

Answer 10

1962

Question 11

Who signed the indian citizenship act and when?

Answer 11

Calvin Coolidge in 1924

Question 12

When were Residents of Washington DC able to vote?

Answer 12

1961

Question 13

__rd Amendment: DC residents can vote for the president and have electoral votes

Answer 13

23

Question 14

Civil Rights movement

Answer 14

1950-1960

Question 15

__th Amendment banned the use of poll taxes

Answer 15

24

Question 16

Banned the use of poll tax

Answer 16

1964

Question 17

___: Further enforced the 15th amendment

Answer 17

Voting Rights Act

Question 18

When was the Voting Rights Act released?

Answer 18

1965

Question 19

___th Amendment citizens who are 18 and older can vote

Answer 19

26

Question 20

Citizens 18 years ol and up

Answer 20

1971