Voting Rights Quiz 1

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In 1776:

voting in each of the 13 American colonies of Great Britain was prohibited.

voting was controlled by Great Britain

voting was controlled by the individual colonies.

What is the source of the federal right to vote?

The 1789 Constitution expressly guaranteed the right to vote.

The 1791 Bill of Rights expressly guaranteed the right to vote.

The current Constitution expressly guarantees the right to vote.

The right to voice was recognized only in the 1960s when the Supreme Court began to conclude that the 14th Amendment implicitly protects the right to vote.

What is most significant about the 15th Amendment, which in 1870 established that the right to vote cannot be denied on the basis of race?:

It assured the enfranchisement of African-Americans.

It outlawed states from imposing literacy tests, good character tests and voting taxes on African-American voters.

It was essentially ignored and circumvented for nearly a century by Southern and other states.

For a century following the Civil War (1861-1865):

Southern and other states adopted poll taxes to keep African Americans and low-income white people from voting.

Some states enacted grandfather clauses to allow many higher-income white people to avoid paying the tax.

(a) and (b)

The post-Civil War era of disenfranchisement, during which Southern states adopted an array of laws that made it extremely difficult for African-Americans and many poor white)s to vote, began in 1890 and lasted until:

1917

1946

1954

1965

As of 1965, in Mississippi, what percentage of African-Americans were able to register to vote:

41.2%

15.1%

6.3%

21.3%

The 1964 federal Civil Rights Act ensures that:

all men and women, regardless of race, religion or education, have the right to vote.

all men and women age 21 and older, regardless of race, religion or education, have the right to vote.

all men and women age 21 and older have the right to vote.

all men and women age 21 and older, regardless of race or religion, have the right to vote.