Voting Rights
Amendments
Who Got the Right to Vote?
Scenarios
Definitions
100

Women have the Right to vote

19th Amendment

100

The 19th Amendment

What is the right to vote for women.

100

15th Amendment

What is men.

100

Devon is struggling to pay his bills since he got hurt at work. He is thankful that when he goes to vote this November, he doesn’t have to pay a poll tax.

What is the 24th Amendment.

100

Suffrage

What is the right to vote.

200

Men have the right to vote

What is the 15th Amendment

200

The 23rd Amendment

What is the right to vote for President and Vice-President of the United States.  Washington D.C. is not a state, it is a district.

200

19th Amendment

What is women

200

Jamaya is allowed to vote for the President of the United States while living in Washington, D.C. for the first time in 1964.

What is the 23rd Amendment

200

Enfranchised

To give the right to vote.

300

Blacks do not have to pay poll taxes.

What is the 24th Amendment

300

The 24th Amendment

What is eliminated poll taxes.

300

26th Amendment

What is citizens18 years old or older.

300

Emmanuel is a Black man going to vote in the election this November. He wants to make his opinion matter through voting!

What is the 15th Amendment.

300

Voting Rights Act of 1965

 It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War,

400

Ni-Khole and her brother live in Washington D. C. and want to vote.

What is the 23rd Amendment

400

The 15th Amendment

What is that it gave men the right to vote.

400

24th Amendment

What is poll taxes.

400

Nicole stands in line at her polling place to vote in the election. She is happy that women were granted the right to vote so she can voice her opinion!

What is the 19th Amendment

400

Explain

to make something clear by describing it in more details or by revealing relevant facts or ideas.

500

18 years of age or older got the right to vote.

What is the 26th Amendment

500

The 26th Amendment

What is that it gave citizens 18 years of age or older the right to vote.
500

23rd Amendment

What is it gave citizens of Washington D. C. the right to vote for President and Vice-President.

500

Ethan just turned 18 years old in May. He can’t wait to cast his vote for the first time in the election this year.

What is the 26th Amendment

500

representative democracy

What is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people