On election day, immigrants knew that they were expected to vote according to the instructions of the precinct worker.TrueFalse

Immigrants developed a loyalty to the city boss and political machine because of the assistance delivered by the precinct worker.TrueFalse

Read this passage from the Voting Rights Act of 1965:The Congress finds that the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting (i) precludes persons of limited means from voting or imposes unreasonable financial hardship upon such persons as a precondition to their exercise of the franchise, (ii) does not bear a reasonable relationship to any legitimate State interest in the conduct of elections, and (iii) in some areas has the purpose or effect of denying persons the right to vote because of race or color. Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.1According to this excerpt, why was the Voting Rights Act needed to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment?A.States discriminated against women who registered to vote.B.Congress lacked the power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment outside of the federal government.C.The Fifteenth Amendment had not been ratified by enough states to go into effect.D.States were using poll taxes to deny African Americans their voting rights.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The paradox of votingGroup of answer choiceswas devised by Republicans to try to suppress turnout of Democratic votersexplains why voter turnout in America is lowstates that the more people who vote, the less likely each are happy that they votedis overcome by the inclusion of the social benefits of voting

The Congress finds that the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting (i) precludes persons of limited means from voting or imposes unreasonable financial hardship upon such persons as a precondition to their exercise of the franchise, (ii) does not bear a reasonable relationship to any legitimate State interest in the conduct of elections, and (iii) in some areas has the purpose or effect of denying persons the right to vote because of race or color. Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.1According to this excerpt, why was the Voting Rights Act needed to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment?A.The Fifteenth Amendment had not been ratified by enough states to go into effect.B.States discriminated against women who registered to vote.C.Congress lacked the power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment outside of the federal government.D.States were using poll taxes to deny African Americans their voting rights.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The Fifteenth Amendment prohibited only southern state governments from denying any citizen the right to vote because of race.Click or tap “True” or “False” to answer the question. True False