Chapter 6 Review THE RIGHT TO VOTE

Define franchise

The right to vote

Synonym for franchise

suffrage

 How many amendments deal directly with the right to vote?

5  15, 19, 23, 24, 26

 Who could vote at the time the Constitution was ratified?

 Adult, white, male property owners who owned at least around 50 acres

 Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

19th

 Which amendment said a person cannot be denied the right to vote based upon race or color?

15th

 Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18?

26th

 The 24 th amendment got rid of the ______ tax as a condition for voting.

poll

 Which amendment allows residents of Washington, D.C. to vote in presidential elections?

23rd

 Potential voting population

electorate

 T/F A state could set the voting age at 17 if they wanted to.

TRUE

Define disenfranchised

 To have the right to vote taken away---to not be allowed to vote

Name 2 groups of people who are generally kept from voting.

 Felons and the mentally incompetent

 Process of voter identification intended to prevent people from voting more than once

registration

 The only state that doesn’t require voter registration

North Dakota

The ability to read and write

Literacy

 A fee a person had to pay in order to vote---now illegal

Poll tax

 This allowed voting referees to go anywhere where voter discrimination existed.

Civil Rights Act of 1960

 Created the United States Civil Rights Commission

Civil Rights Act of 1957

 Landmark piece of legislation signed into law by Lyndon Johnson; resulted from the march from Selma to Montgomery; enforced the 15 th amendment

Voting Rights Act of 1965