Extending Voting Rights

Question 1

Why was the Fifteenth Amendment created?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

To prevent discrimination against voters based on race

Question 2

What arguments did you include in your response? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The Fifteenth Amendment extended voting rights to African Americans.; The Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination.; The Voting Rights Act enforced the Fifteenth Amendment in removing voter requirements.

Question 3

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplish?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It banned voter discrimination.

Question 4

How did the Fifteenth Amendment and the 1960s civil rights laws extend voting rights to more Americans?Summarize what you have learned in three to four full sentences.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The Fifteenth Amendment was the first step in granting full voting rights to African Americans. However, Jim Crow laws created more restrictions to these rights. With the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the Fifteenth Amendment was enforced as voting restrictions were removed.

Question 5

What major effect did the Fifteenth Amendment have on American society?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It provided greater access to voting for African Americans.

Question 6

What requirement needed to be met in order to vote in Oklahoma, according to this 1910 state law?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Passing a literacy test

Question 7

What exception was created to proving literacy in order to vote, according to the Oklahoma state law? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“Registered to vote before January 1, 1866”; “The child of someone registered to vote”

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