Voting History
Know Your Rights
Voting 101
Black OSU
Who Has the Power?
100

This civil rights leader delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech and advocated for voting rights.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

100

This amendment lowered the voting age in federal, state, and local elections to 18.


What is the 26th Amendment?


100

This process confirms that you are eligible to vote in an election.

What is voter registration?

100

This organization's motto is "Take up space". 

What is Black Student Association? 

100

This elected official leads the executive branch of the federal government.


Who is the President of the United States?

200

This 1965 federal law prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

200

This federal law prohibits denying the right to vote to citizens aged 18 or older because they failed to pay a poll tax or other tax in federal elections.

What is the 24th Amendment? (It abolished poll taxes in federal elections.)

200

This election usually determines the final winner between candidates from different parties.


What is a general election?

200

What was the first integrated dorm at OSU?

What is Baker Hall?

200

This legislative body has two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate.


What is the U.S. Congress?

300

This amendment, ratified in 1870, prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous enslavement.

What is the 15th Amendment?

300

This federal law protects eligible voters with disabilities and provides accessibility requirements for voting.

What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

300

This type of election allows voters to help choose a party's candidate for the general election.


What is a primary election?

300

What was the first black greek letter organization founded at OSU?

What is Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity incorporated? 

300

These elected officials generally make laws for a city or town alongside other local governing bodies.


Who are city council members?


400

This 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery helped build support for federal voting rights protections.

What is the Selma to Montgomery march?



400

If a poll worker cannot find your name on the voter list, this type of ballot may allow you to vote while your eligibility is checked.

What is a provisional ballot?

400

This ballot option allows eligible voters to cast their vote before Election Day, where available.

What is early voting?

400

When was the Hale Black Cultural Center open?

When is 1989? 

400

These officials typically oversee public schools at the local level, depending on the school district's governance structure.

Who are school board members?

500

This voting rights activist became known for challenging racial discrimination in voter registration in Mississippi.


Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?



500

This 1964 constitutional amendment prohibited poll taxes in federal elections; this Supreme Court case later extended that principle to state elections.

What is Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966)?

500

This nonpartisan local office is commonly responsible for administering elections and maintaining voter registration records in Ohio.

What is the county board of elections?

500

When was Black Girl Votes established? 

When is November 30th, 2015? 

500

This branch of government has the power to declare war?

What is the legislative branch? (congress)