Analyze federal vs. state powers + voting rights expansion 1870-2026 + current civic challenges via Kettering NIF deliberation
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~4 min
hist.g8.s.ex_43
Matching
Prompt
Match each voting rights expansion to date: (a) 15th Amendment; (b) 19th Amendment; (c) Indian Citizenship Act; (d) 24th Amendment; (e) Voting Rights Act; (f) Shelby County v. Holder.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
matching
correct
- a
- Feb 3 1870 race
- b
- Aug 18 1920 sex
- c
- June 2 1924 Indigenous
- d
- Jan 23 1964 poll tax
- e
- Aug 6 1965
- f
- June 25 2013 Section 5 preclearance gutted
Hints
- Indigenous + Black women effectively excluded until VRA 1965.
- Shelby 2013 was contraction not expansion.
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing 15th (race) and 19th (sex)
- Forgetting Shelby 2013 contraction
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