Question 1 • RKAA- Second Semester Civics and Citizenship 0.5 New
Read the scenario.It is November of 1920. Across the country, people are voting in the first presidential election since the passage of the 19th Amendment. Two sisters named Hettie and Elizabeth are excited to become the first women in their family to vote. However, when they arrive at the polling place, they discover that they have to pay a tax to vote. Another woman in the line, who is African American like the sisters, also has to pay a tax. However, the White women waiting to vote do not have to pay. Unable to afford the tax, Hettie and Elizabeth are prevented from voting.
Answer
A
The amendment was less effective than the 15th Amendment.
B
The amendment only granted the right to vote to wealthy women.
C
The amendment did not guarantee the right to vote for all women.
D
The amendment was meant to discriminate against women of color.
Explanation
The 19th Amendment prohibited denying the vote because of sex, but it did not remove other barriers to voting. Poll taxes and discriminatory enforcement kept many African American women from voting, even as White women could vote without paying. So the amendment did not guarantee the right to vote for all women; it did not grant voting rights only to wealthy women, either.
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