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Select Your Destination Metropolitan Museum of Art Union Station The Empire State Building Times Square

Metropolitan Museum of Art

$25 Question 1: A person that lives in a state for a short period of time are called a __________.

Answer to Question 1 STRIKES: Transient Correct

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$25 Question 2 In the U.S., the _____________ or,the potential voting population, is made up of nearly 200 million people. $ 25.00

Answer to Question 2 STRIKES: electorate Correct

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$50 Question 3 Money paid in order to vote or register to vote. $ 50.00

Answer to Question 3 STRIKES: Poll tax Correct

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Challenge What was the name of the Police Chief in Birmingham, AL that had a reputation for using fire hoses on civil rights protesters?

$50 Question 4 Dividing electoral districts to limit the voting strength or a particular group is known as_____________. $

Answer to Question 4 STRIKES: Gerrymandering Correct

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$75 Question 5 Ratified in 1870 this gave African American males the right to vote. $

Answer to Question 5 STRIKES: African American males over 21. Correct

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$75 Question 6 A democracy depends on people doing this_________. $

Answer to Question 6 STRIKES: Voting Correct

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$100 Question 7 This is a word that means right to vote. $

Answer to Question 7 STRIKES: Suffrage or Franchise Correct

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$100 Question 8 Women gained the right to vote with the passage of ___________. $

Answer to Question 8 STRIKES: th amendment Correct

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Final Question: Worth $200 Compelling or restraining a person in their actions $

Answer to Final Question STRIKES: Injuction Take the Money Double or Nothing Video Challenge

Challenge Double or Nothing CorrectIncorrect In what city did these four girls die in a church that was blown up during the civil rights movement?

Union Station

$25 Question 1 A person’s ability to read or write, it is no longer used to qualify voters.

Answer to Question 1 STRIKES: literacy Correct

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$25 Question 2 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 declared that no new law could be enacted in any state without ________ from the Department of Justice. $ 25.00

Answer to Question 2 STRIKES: preclearance Correct

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$50 Question 3 A rule that allowed a person to vote only if their grandparents had the right to vote $ 50.00

Answer to Question 3 STRIKES: Grandfather clause Correct

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$50 Question 4 Use the term poll tax in a sentence that shows it’s meaning. $

Answer to Question 4 STRIKES: Something like this works: He was charged a poll tax so he could register to vote Correct

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$75 Question 5 Which of the following is not a long term trend marking the expansion of suffrage in the U.S.? A.Removing restrictive requirements B.Fed government taking less of a role in protecting voting rights C.Eliminating requirements on tax payments $

Answer to Question 5 STRIKES: B Correct

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$75 Question 6 In the past, some states limited voting rights by_______. $

Answer to Question 6 STRIKES: Charging a poll tax Literacy tests Grandfather clause Correct

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Challenge What city is this?

$100 Question 7 The provisions of the VRA of 1965 and its amendments of 1970, 1975, and 1982 apply to $

Answer to Question 7 STRIKES: All national, state, and local elections Correct

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$100 Question 8 The expansion of suffrage in the U.S. 1.Is subject to all constitutional amendments made since Was outlined in the text of the Constitution 3.Has been moved forward by amendments and Civil Rights Acts $

Answer to Question 8 STRIKES: Correct

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Final Question: Worth $200 Which act first established a federal commission to investigate claims of individual voter discrimination? $

Answer to Final Question STRIKES: Civil Rights Act of 1957 Take the Money Double or Nothing Video Challenge

Challenge Double or Nothing CorrectIncorrect Who wrote a letter from the Birmingham jail Pleading for people to join his cause in civil rights?

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$25 Question 1 Literacy tests worked to deny the right to vote to African Americans primarily because _______.

Answer to Question 1 STRIKES: African Americans were asked questions that were more difficult than those asked of prospective white voters. Correct

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$25 Question 2 Is it true that states require that any person wishing to vote must meet specific qualifications for citizenship, age, and residence. $ 25.00

Answer to Question 2 STRIKES: Yes Correct

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$50 Question 3 Most states require that all voters be citizens and _______ of the state. $ 50.00

Answer to Question 3 STRIKES: Residents Correct

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$50 Question 4 Of the following which has not been used to prevent African Americans from voting 1.Federal court orders 2.Threats and social pressure 3. poll taxes $

Answer to Question 4 STRIKES: Correct

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$75 Question 5 Is it legal for a state to set a law saying a 16 year old may vote? $

Answer to Question 5 STRIKES: yes Correct

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$75 Question 6 May a state make a law that sets a maximum voting age? That is may a state say no one over 65 is allowed to vote. $

Answer to Question 6 STRIKES: no Correct

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$100 Question 7 What do most states make people do in order to prevent fraudulent voting? $

Answer to Question 7 STRIKES: register Correct

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Challenge Along with Carrie Catt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought to gain this.

$100 Question 8 The 15 th amendments, ratified in 1870, did not secure the right of African Americans to vote primarily because… $

Answer to Question 8 STRIKES: The federal government did not intervene to uphold the amendment. Correct

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Final Question: Worth $200 Why is Gerrymandering unfair? $

Answer to Final Question STRIKES: It sets district boundaries to decrease one group’s voting strength. Take the Money Double or Nothing Video Challenge

Challenge Double or Nothing CorrectIncorrect Who is this signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Times Square

$25 Question 1 Who were literacy test usually aimed at?

Answer to Question 1 STRIKES: Minority groups Correct

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$25 Question 2 What is a reason African Americans might have been reluctant to sue States for voter discrimination? $ 25.00

Answer to Question 2 STRIKES: Longstanding patterns of violence and threats against African Americans Correct

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Challenge MLK standing on a balcony at the Loraine Hotel just before he was assassinated is in what city?

$50 Question 3 Amendments to VRA of 1965 broadened the law’s requirements _____________ provisions to cover other minority groups. (language minorities) $ 50.00

Answer to Question 3 STRIKES: preclearance Correct

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$50 Question 4 Use the word suffrage in a sentence that conveys the meaning of suffrage. $

Answer to Question 4 STRIKES: They were protesting for suffrage, their right to vote. Correct

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$75 Question 5 Use the term poll book in a sentence that shows it’s meaning. $

Answer to Question 5 STRIKES: They were not able to vote because their name was not listed in the poll book. Correct

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$75 Question 6 Between 1810 and 1840 these requirements to vote were removed as requirements. $

Answer to Question 6 STRIKES: Religion and property Correct

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$100 Question 7 This amendment was added in 1920 and gave women the right to vote. $

Answer to Question 7 STRIKES: th Amendment Correct

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$100 Question 8 This act was signed in 1965 and gave African Americans the right to vote in practice not just theory. $

Answer to Question 8 STRIKES: Voting rights Act of 1965 Correct

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Final Question: Worth $200 What Amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in 1971? $

Answer to Final Question STRIKES: th Amendment Take the Money Double or Nothing Video Challenge

Challenge Double or Nothing CorrectIncorrect Who took over the march in Selma, AL from SNCC and is now a U.S. Senator from Georgia?

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Directions Place some chairs in the front of the room (This will be the cab) Have students answer the questions. Two life lines (Phone call and Shout out). Game is won if students answer all questions and arrive at destination. »Student is out if they miss 3 questions. Return to First Slide