A state denies citizens the ballot because of race, color, or previous enslavement. Which amendment removed that barrier?

The Nineteenth Amendment ended the exclusion of women from voting because of sex nationwide. In what year was it ratified?

The Twenty-Fourth Amendment banned poll taxes as a condition for voting. Which election did its text NOT directly cover?

A state lets citizens vote at 21 but refuses ballots to otherwise qualified 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds. Which amendment removed that age barrier?

Oklahoma exempted men from its literacy test if they or their ancestors could vote on or before January 1, 1866, which spared White men but blocked most Black men. In Guinn v. United States (1915), this rule violated which amendment?

More than fifty years before the Nineteenth Amendment made it nationwide, one territory became the first in the nation to grant women full voting rights, in 1869. Which territory was it?

A county with a history of discriminatory registration must get federal approval before changing any voting rule. Which measure created that preclearance requirement?

A covered county requires applicants to pass a reading test before registering, and the test has been used to block Black citizens. Which measure reached that practice?

The Twenty-Fourth Amendment banned poll taxes in 1964. Why could Virginia still charge a poll tax to vote for governor until 1966?

During the Vietnam War, supporters of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment often repeated one argument for lowering the voting age to 18. What was it?

Federal officials send examiners to register qualified citizens where local officials used race-based barriers. Which measure authorized that remedy?

Before 1920, women could vote in Wyoming and several other Western states but not in most Eastern states. Why could the rules differ from state to state?

Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, a covered county wanted to move a polling place. Who could approve the change?

In Shelby County v. Holder (2013), what did the Supreme Court do to the Voting Rights Act's coverage formula?

In Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966), why did the Court strike down Virginia's state poll tax?

What did Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibit nationwide?

In 1848, which gathering in New York issued the Declaration of Sentiments, an early public demand for women's right to vote?

In March 1965, state troopers beat marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama. Which protest drew national attention that pushed Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act that year?

Before the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, several Southern states charged poll taxes. Which voters did these taxes mainly keep from the polls?

Use the graph. What happened to non-White voter registration in Mississippi after the Voting Rights Act took effect?

Use the graph. Which statement best describes non-White registration in the listed southern states after the Voting Rights Act?

Which sequence puts these voting-rights measures in chronological order from earliest to latest?

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in 1870, and the Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965. About how much time separated them?

The Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920, and the Twenty-Fourth Amendment was ratified in 1964. How many years separated them?

Congress lowered the voting age for federal elections in 1970, but state and local elections still needed a constitutional fix. What came next?