Word History - Voting History

Question 1

The Founding Fathers left it up to the ____ to decide who could vote

Answer 1

states

Question 2

In colonial times and during the early years of our country, white men had to prove that they owned ____ in order to be able to vote.

Answer 2

land/property

Question 3

In colonial times and during the early years of our country, white men had to prove that they owned land/property in order to be able to vote. Where did this idea come from? ______

Answer 3

England (18th century)

Question 4

The 15th Amendment passed in ___

Answer 4

1870

Question 5

It said the right to vote could not be denied on account of ____

Answer 5

race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Question 6

It said the right to vote could not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. But it only applied to ___

Answer 6

All adult men

Question 7

Earliest times you needed to be ____ to be able to vote

Answer 7

21 years or older, own land/property, and be white + free

Question 8

Over time voting changed in two ways ____

Answer 8

state laws and amending the U.S Constitution

Question 9

Despite the 15th Amendment, some prevented Black people from voting. Name 3 barriers ____

Answer 9

1. Limited opportunities to register to vote
2. Unfair testing (literacy tests)
3. Arrest/beatings by the police

Question 10

Women were guaranteed the right to vote in ____

Answer 10

1920

Question 11

Women were guaranteed the right to vote in 1920 when the ____ Amendment was passed.

Answer 11

19th

Question 12

Some states allowed women to vote earlier than 1920. The first state to do so was ___ in _____

Answer 12

Wyoming, 1869

Question 13

The 19th Amendment said that ______ could not keep a person from voting, women of color were still excluded.

Answer 13

sex/gender

Question 14

Women sufferage ideas came from _____ (six American Indian nations)

Answer 14

Iroquois Confederacy

Question 15

American Indians were given US citizenship in ____ when the president signed the ____

Answer 15

1924, Indian Citizenship Act

Question 16

Even with the Indian Citizenship Act, the Constitution ____

Answer 16

left it up to the states to decide who has the right to vote

Question 17

How long did it take for all American Indians to get the right to vote?

Answer 17

40 yrs

Question 18

Residents of the District of Columbia our nations capital, gained the right to vote in presidential elections in the year _____

Answer 18

1961

Question 19

Residents of the District of Columbia our nations capital, gained the right to vote in presidential elections in the year 1961 when the ____ Amendment was passed

Answer 19

23rd

Question 20

The Civil Rights Movement brought changes to the voting laws and practices in the U.S What did the 24th Amendment ban in 1964?

Answer 20

The use of poll taxes in elections.

Question 21

What passed in 1965?

Answer 21

Voting Rights Acts

Question 22

Which court case removed some of its protection?

Answer 22

Shelby County v. Eric Holder (2013)

Question 23

The Constitution changed the voting age from 21 to ___ when the ___ Amendment was passed in 1971.

Answer 23

18+ and 26th Amendment

Question 24

Which war influenced the 26th Amendment?

Answer 24

Vietnam War

Question 25

Who couldn’t vote?

Answer 25

• No women could vote.
• No one under the age of 21 could vote.
• Men had to own a certain amount of land to vote.
• Blacks and American Indians
• Poor white men

Question 26

NO VOTE =

Answer 26

NO REPRESENTATION

Question 27

In 1865, the ____ Amendment was added to the Constitution. It made slavery illegal.

Answer 27

13th

Question 28

The right of
citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied… on account
of race, color or previous condition
of servitude.

Only gave Black men the right to vote

Answer 28

15th Amendment was passed in 1870 (was still largely ignored)

Question 29

amendments weren’t enforced. States
and counties created voting laws that used literacy
tests, poll taxes, and qualifications like the
grandfather clause to determine who could vote.

Answer 29

true

Question 30

Voting shall not be deinied an account of sex/gender

Answer 30

19th Amendment, august of 1920

Question 31

1789

Answer 31

The Constitution gave states the power to decide who could vote

Question 32

1820-1880

Answer 32

State Constitutions lifted the property requirement over a period of 60 yrs

Question 33

Many women—White, Black, and Native, among
others—worked to

Answer 33

achieve women’s suffrage.

Question 34

despite what the 15th and 19th
Amendments said ___

Answer 34

women of color living in states with literacy tests and poll taxes were still denied the right to vote

Question 35

3 Famous Suffragettes

Answer 35

Ida B. Wells-Barnette
Nina Otero-Warren
Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee

Question 36

Native nations were not considered citizens of the United States until

Answer 36

1924

Question 37

Indian Citizenship Act

Answer 37

Signed in 1924 by President Calvin Coolidge

Question 38

Indians were given citizenship in 1924 but the right to vote was still denied until __

Answer 38

1962

Question 39

Residents of the District of Columbia did not get the right to vote in presidential elections until the___

Answer 39

23rd Amendment was ratified in 1961

Question 40

the Civil Rights Movement

Answer 40

1950s and 60s

Question 41

banned the use of poll taxes in elections.

Answer 41

24th Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1964.

Question 42

• protected the right to vote for all citizens
• forced the states to obey the Constitution
  -reinforced the 15th Amendment
• outlawed voting practices used to discriminate black citizens
  -“language minority citizens” protected

Answer 42

Voting Rights Act - President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965.

Question 43

The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied… on account of age.

Old enough to fight, old enough to vote - Vietnam War (1960s-70s)

Answer 43

26th Amendment was passed in 1971.

Question 44

Forcing people to pay to exercise the right to vote and used to keep poor African Americans
from voting.
was called a ___

Answer 44

poll tax

Question 45

All land ownership requirements ended by

Answer 45

1880