Froggy Jumps Expansion of Voting Rights Multiple Choice GameOnline version Demonstrate your knowledge of how the right to vote has expanded over the history of the United States. This activity is for students in high school. by Arizona Bar Foundation 1 Prior to 1828, which of the following did you have to be in order to vote? a White b Male c White, male, and own property (land) 2 The Presidential campaigns between John Quincy Adams and Andrew ______________ eventually led to the removal of property requirements as a barrier to voting. a Jefferson b Johnson c Jackson 3 A tax or fee that is required to be paid in order to vote is called a _________. a ballot tax b voting tax c poll tax 4 Some states required that potential voters demonstrate the ability to read before being allowed to vote. This was known as a ________. This test was sometimes used to keep African-Americans and others from voting. a literacy test b speaking test c ballot test 5 Some states inserted a grandfather _____________ in their voting laws that waived the requirements to pass a literacy tax or pay a poll tax if your ancestor voted. a sentence b phrase c clause 6 African-American males were granted the right to vote by the _______ Amendment. a 14th b 15th c 16th 7 The _____ Amendment that establishes the principle that any child who is born on American soil is automatically an American citizen. a 12th b 14th c 27th 8 The meeting that first proposed having the right to vote as a major goal of the women's rights movement is known as the _________________ Falls Conventions a Niagara b Seneca c Victoria 9 Women gained the right to vote in Wyoming as early as ____________. a 1869 b 1769 c 1969 10 Women were granted the right to vote by the Constitution in 1920 with the passage of the ____ Amendment. a 18th b 19th c 20th 11 Poll taxes were outlawed by the 24th Amendment to the Constitution in ______. a 1954 b 1964 c 1974 12 The Voting Rights Act made it illegal to limit or interfere with a citizen's right to vote because of race. The act was passed in______. a 1945 b 1955 c 1965 13 During the Vietnam War, the youngest a man could be drafted into the army was 18. What was the youngest age a person was able to vote? a 17 b 18 c 21 14 The ________ Amendment lowered the legal voting age from 21 to 18? a 24th b 25th c 26th 15 Native Americans were initially offered the right to vote on the condition that they renounce (no longer be a member of) their tribe. This was known as "The __________ Act." a Dawes b Indian Removal c Indian Citizenship 16 The Indian Citizenship Act gave all Native Americans the right to vote. It was passed in __________. a 1864 b 1924 c 1944
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