"The right to vote in political elections". Self-determine1Assimilate2Segregate3Suffrage4

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

Rights of American CitizensVoting in electionsThe ability to leave and return to the countryProtection of the American government while abroadProtection from deportation?Which right completes the chart?A.Exemption from military serviceB.Freedom from jury dutyC.Freedom of movement within the countryD.The ability to pass citizenship to one's children

The new Constitution imposed property and religious qualifications for voting.  True  or  FalseGroup of answer choicesNo answer text provided.TrueNo answer text provided.False

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Right to free and fair election is aa.Moral Rightb.Legal Rightc.Fundamental Rightd.Constitutional Right

The __________ Amendment prohibited state and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”Group of answer choicesSixteenthThirteenthFifteenthFourteenth