Year
Which amendment passed in the year 1920?
19th amendment
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What is the main topic addressed in the Reconstruction/Civil War Amendments?
Slavery
What was the impact of the 13th amendment of the Constitution?
It defined citizenship
It made slavery illegal
It abolished poll taxes
It enforced segregation
It made slavery illegal
Which amendment passed in the year 1870?
15th amendment
What is discriminate?
treat a person or group unfairly based on their race, religion, gender, disability, or other reasons
Which state gave women the right to vote first?
Wyoming
Which amendment guarantees all Americans "equal protection of the laws"
14th Amendment
Which amendment passed in the year 1971?
26th amendment
What is abolish?
get rid of
How long did it take for all American Indians to get the right to vote?
40 years
How did the Twenty-fourth Amendment allow more Americans to vote?
A. It changed voting laws, which meant that non-U.S. citizens were able to vote.
B. It outlawed poll taxes, which many states used to prevent poor Americans from voting.
C. It prevented grandfather clauses, which many states used to prevent women from voting.
D. It required literacy tests, which meant that Americans became better educated about voting
B. It outlawed poll taxes, which many states used to prevent poor Americans from voting
Which amendment passed in the year 1964?
24th amendment
what is civil rights?
The basic rights of citizen to be free from unequal treatment based on certain characteristic
When did Wyoming give women the right to vote?
1869
What is the common between 5th amendment and 14th amendment?
they both declaring that the government shall not deprive anyone of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law..."
Which amendment passed in the year 1868?
14th amendment
What is literacy test and poll tax?
literacy test: test on reading skills states used to prevent people of color and poor people from voting
poll tax: a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage
Where did the ideas about women suffrage come from?
Iroquois Confederacy and the six American Indian nations
When did the 13th amendment get ratified? (month/date/year)
December 6, 1865