African American Suffrage
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 In what year was the Voting Rights Act passed?

What is 1965

100
In what year did the Women's Suffrage Movement begin?
What is 1848?
100

How long is a term for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives?

Two Years

100

What is the 15th amendment to the US Constitution?

What is The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".

100

The legal right to vote in elections.

What is suffrage?

200

This clause made it so black people were ineligible to vote unless their grandfather was able to. This only benefited white voters.

What is The Grandfather clause

200
Where did the Women's Suffrage movement first take place?
What is Seneca Falls, New York
200
Do convicted felons have the right to vote?
What is Yes they do with few exceptions after they have served their full sentence(including incarceration, parole, and probation).
200

What Amendment eliminated poll taxes? 

What is the 24th Amendment? 

200

The act of denying someone the right to vote, often based on race, gender, or criminal history.

What is disfranchisement?

300
How did white people make it complicated for black people to vote?
What are disenfranchisement methods. These included having to wait in line for up to twelve hours to register to vote, pay head taxes, and undergo new tests. One of the new tests required that African-American women read and interpret the Constitution before being deemed eligible to vote.
300
What year were women given the right to vote?
What is 1920
300

What elections happen during midterm years?

 All U.S. House seats, about one-third of U.S. Senate seats, and many state and local offices.

300

The 19th amendment?

The 19th Amendment gave American women the right to vote.  

300

The process of signing up to be eligible to vote in elections.

What is voter registration?

400

What does the Voting Rights Act of 1965 primarily protect against?

Racial discrimination in voting (like literacy tests and discriminatory practices).

400
Who was the principal organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention(first women's suffrage convention)?
What is Elizabeth Cady Stanton
400

What is required to vote in elections in the United States?

You must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, and registered to vote

400

What is the 26th amendment?

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old

400

Drawing voting districts to give one political party an advantage.

What is gerrymandering?

500
Who was the first man to serve in the US Senate?
Who is Hiram Revels
500

 Who became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968?

Shirley Chisholm

500

 How many U.S. House seats are there nationwide?

435

500

This amendment gave U.S. citizens residing in Washington, D.C., the right to vote for President.

What is the 23rd Amendment?

500

The current officeholder running for re-election.

What is an incumbent?

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