Voting Rights Amendments
This amendment grants women the right to vote (1920)
What is the 19th Amendment?
This is when the midterm elections happen.
What is 2 years after a presidential election?
The Freedom Riders protested segregation riding in this form of transportation.
What are (interstate) buses?
McCarthyism is named after this U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
I need first and last name.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This right allows Americans to practice any religion—or none at all.
What is freedom of religion?
This amendment lowers the voting age from 21 to 18 (1971).
What is the 26th Amendment?
In midterm elections, every seat in this chamber of Congress is up for election.
What is the House of Representatives?
Freedom Riders faced violent attacks and hostility as they traveled through this region of the U.S.
What is the South?
McCarthyism led to widespread violations of this First Amendment freedom.
What is freedom of speech?
Serving when called to do this helps ensure fair trials.
What is serving on a jury?
This amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race (1870).
What is the 15th Amendment?
Voter turnout in midterm elections is typically ______ than in presidential elections.
What is lower?
The Freedom Riders were organized largely by this civil rights organization.
What is CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)?
This is the journalist who went against McCarthy and what he was doing.
Who is Edward R. Murrow?
This responsibility funds essential government services such as roads, schools, and the military.
What is paying taxes?
This amendment eliminates the poll tax (1964).
What is the 24th Amendment?
A president may find it harder to pass laws after midterms if this happens.
What is losing the majority in Congress?
This President was a supporter of the Freedom Riders and demanded protection for them.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Many Americans were denied this constitutional right to fair legal treatment during the Red Scare.
What is Due Process?
This right allows people to influence elected leaders and advocate for change.
What is the right to petition/protest or the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment is grouped with the 13th and 14th Amendment. These 3 amendments are also known as this.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
Midterms can shift political power by changing which party controls this.
What is Congress?
This federal agency eventually enforced desegregation in bus terminals because of Freedom Rider activism.
What is the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)?
This term refers to the practice of making accusations without proper evidence, which defined the McCarthy era.
What is a witch hunt?
These two activities are essential responsibilities for maintaining a healthy democracy.
What are staying informed and voting?