Chapter 4.2 Main Idea Review (Civics)
Amendment 24
Abolition of poll taxes
Amendment 15
Black Suffrage
Amendment 17
Direct election of senators
Suffrage refers to the right to vote for women only.
False
The Thirteenth Amendment not only outlawed slavery but it also gave African Americans the right to vote.
False
Amendment 23
Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia
Before the ratification of the Twenty-third Amendment, people living in Washington, D.C., could not vote in national elections.
True
Many people believe that the poll tax was meant to prevent poor people from voting.
True
Th Twenty-sixth Amendment increased the voting age from 18 to 21.
True
Today the Constitution has a total of 27 amendments.
True
Women such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped women gain the right to vote.
True
Amendment 26
Voting Age Set to 18 Years
Amendment 19
Women's right to vote
Amendment 13
abolished slavery
When the Constitution was first written, it
didn't mention voting rights.
Emancipation Proclamation
freed only some slaves.
Amendment 14
rights of citizens: 1)all persons born in the united states are granted citizenship, 2) no state can deny any person the equal protection of the laws, 3)no state can deny any person life, liberty, property without due process of law