qualifications to vote in early US history

2. Which was not used as a qualification to vote in the early Republic period
of the U.S.?
A.
property
B.
race
C.
religion
D.
political party

3. Early in the history of the U.S. government, people who thought property qualifications should decide who could vote argued that
A.
people without property are usually poorly informed.
B.
this would solve the problem of the faithless elector.
C.
people without property are often transients.
D.
people with property have a stake in society.

4. The Fifteenth Amendment
A.
guaranteed male African-Americans and male former slaves the right to vote.
B.
guaranteed all African-Americans and former slaves the right to vote.
C.
guaranteed all white men the right to vote.
D.
guaranteed women the right to vote.

5. College students face the challenge of
A.
whether to register to vote at home or at school.
B.
local officials hostile to student voters.
C.
classes leaving no time to understand the issues.
D.
a and b.

6. Northern military presence in the South during Reconstruction
A.
discouraged blacks from voting.
B.
enabled blacks to vote and hold office.
C.
reinforced white racism.
D.
enabled property to be equitably distributed.

7. The end of Reconstruction meant
A.
that northern politicians began seeing blacks voting as a threat to their own power.
B.
Southern politicians now pandered to African-American voters.
C.
northern politicians took a "hands off" approach to black voting rights.
D.
blacks assumed their constitutional place as legitimate participants in government.

8. Literacy tests
A.
were used to bar illiterate southern whites from voting.
B.
were used to discourage blacks from voting.
C.
were rarely used.
D.
were applied equally to all voters.

9. White primaries
A.
taxed black voters if they wanted to vote in a primary election.
B.
barred blacks from voting in presidential elections.
C.
barred blacks from voting in primary elections.
D.
were an example of a Reconstruction period policy.

10. Interfering with an individual's right to vote became illegal with the passage of the
A.
14th Amendment.
B.
19th Amendment.
C.
Motor-Voter Bill.
D.
Voting Rights Act.