Influential Figures
Election Day
Historic Protests
Political Firsts
Barriers To The Ballot
100
This civil rights leader pushed for voting rights using nonviolent protest.
Who is Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
What day of the week are U.S. federal elections typically held?
What is Tuesday?
100
This type of protest involved students sitting at lunch counters and refusing to leave.
What are sit-ins?
100
The first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
100
This requirement forced voters to pass reading tests before voting.
What is a literacy test?
200
This activist famously said, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
200
In what month are U.S. presidential elections held?
What is November?
200
This event involved peaceful protesters being attacked on a bridge in Selma.
What is Bloody Sunday?
200
The first woman to be Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
200
This fee had to be paid before someone could vote.
What is a poll tax?
300
This president signed the Voting Rights Act into law.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
300
What is it called when you vote before Election Day?
What is early voting?
300
This protest strategy focused on economic pressure by refusing to spend money.
What is a boycott?
300
The First African American Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
This clause allowed people to vote only if their ancestors had voting rights.
What is a grandfather clause?
400
This abolitionist and speaker advocated strongly for Black voting rights.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400
What are the hours when people can vote called?
What are polling hours?
400
This 1963 march featured Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
400
The first woman to be Speaker of the House
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
400
This practice intimidates or discourages people from voting.
What is voter intimidation?
500
This suffragist played a major role in the fight for women's right to vote.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
500
What is the official term for the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November?
What is Election Day?
500
This protest involved refusing to ride segregated buses in Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
500
The first African American Secretary of State.
Who is Colin Powell?
500
This modern issue involves strict identification requirements to vote.
What is voter ID laws?