Amendments
Definition: A change or addition to the Constitution
Amendment
The separation of people by race
Segregation
This right allows people to elect leaders to speak for them
Right to Vote
A group of people who run a country and provide protection and services for citizens
Government
In what year did women gain the right to vote?
1920
This required people to pay a fee before they could vote
Poll Tax
This right allows people to share their opinions
Freedom of Speech
A legal member of a country
Citizen
This amendment gave all men the right to vote
15th
This required people to pass an exam before they could vote
Literacy test
This right allows people to practice whatever religion they choose
Freedom of Religion
This person is the best teacher in the history of teaching
Mr. C.
This amendment made former slaves U.S. citizens
14th
If a man in a previous generation voted, that meant you could also vote
Grandfather Clause
This duty requires people to pay money to the government
Taxes
The year that former slaves were given U.S. citizenship
1868
1865
This group terrorized black people and used violence to prevent them from voting
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
This right allows people to gather or protest
Right to Assembly
The year that all men got the right to vote, regardless of race
1870