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Hodgepodge
100

He was very wealthy and awarded freedom to his enslaved servants upon his death.

Who was George Washington?

100

In 1906, this state granted women the right to vote.

What is New York?

100

This amendment states that you have the right to free speech.

What is the First Amendment?

100

This event ended with peaceful protestors being attacked by police officers because African Americans were denied their right to register to vote. 

What is Bloody Sunday?

100

Lack of trust, busy schedules, and disillusionment with politics are some of the reasons for this.

What is low-voter turnout?

200

He walked with other protesters across the George Pettus bridge and was an advocate for The Voting Rights Acts that was passed in 1965.

Who was John Lewis?

200

This state was the scene of a clash between blacks and whites.  Three whites and an estimated 150 blacks died in the conflict.

What is Louisiana?

200

This amendment gives you the right to own a gun.

What is the Second Amendment?

200

The massacre took place against the backdrop of racial tensions following the hotly contested Louisiana governor’s race of 1872. 150 blacks and 3 white citizens were killed during this event.

What is the Colfax Massacre?

200

 An exam given to a certain group of voters to judge whether they were eligible to vote.

What is Literacy Test?

300

He founded the Southwest Voting Rights Education Project.

Who was Willie C. Velasquez?

300

This is the city in which Bloody Sunday occurred.

What is Selma?

300

This amendment gave women the right to vote?

What is the 19th Amendment?

300

This case removed the provision of preclearance for changes to voting laws

What is Shelby County v Holder?

300

The Third Amendment made it illegal for the government to force citizens to do this? (think military)

What is house soldiers? (Quartering Act)

400

She is  a 28-year-old artist who chooses not to vote, but instead expresses her views through art.

Who is Sophia?

400

This is the place where Jim Crow Laws existed?

What is the South (or Southern States)?

400

This amendment gave Black Men the right vote.

What is the 15th Amendment?

400

Presidential Election Day

Tuesday, November 5

400

This Enlightenment thinker wrote that all humans were born with three basic rights.

Who was John Locke?

500

She was arrested for voting and later became one of the founders of the early women’s rights movement.

Who was Susan B. Anthony?

500

This is the state where Willie C. Velasquez started his work in organizing Latinos to register to vote.

What is Texas?

500

This is the name of the first 10 amendments found in the United States Constitution.

What is the Bill of Rights?

500

This is where eligible voters go to vote.

What is a polling place?

500

Early voting restricted, show approved I.D., polling places closed.

What are ways the states/government suppress a person's right to vote?