Pursuing the Right to Vote

Question 1

Which state became the first to allow women the right to vote when it was admitted to the Union in 1890?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Wyoming

Question 2

How did the level of participation of female voters affect the 2008 presidential election?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Female citizens voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama.

Question 3

Which group was prohibited from voting in the United States between 1807 and 1920?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

women

Question 4

The 19th Amendment established suffrage for women in __________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

1920

Question 5

Which piece of legislation granted African Americans the legal right to vote?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the 15th Amendment

Question 6

Which of the following examples is NOT a result of changes in turnout for women voters?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

male voters have had a greater effect on election results

Question 7

The first women’s rights convention in the United States was the __________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Seneca Falls Convention

Question 8

Suffrage is the right to __________.

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vote

Question 9

“Old enough to fight, old enough to vote” became a major rallying cry for which amendment to the Constitution?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

26th

Question 10

In the United States, which of the following types of elections typically receives the lowest turnout?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

primary elections

Pursuing the Right to Vote Answers