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NAME CLASS DATE<br />

CHAPTER<br />

6<br />

Section 1: Guided Reading and Review<br />

The Right to Vote<br />

A. As You Read<br />

The chart below illustrates the expansion of suffrage. As you read Section 1, fill in the boxes provided<br />

by describing the portion of the American population that was qualified to vote at the time given.<br />

1. white ____________________________________<br />

male property owners; about 1/15 of white males<br />

the Constitution 1789<br />

2. ______________________________________________<br />

almost all adult white males<br />

dropped religious & property qualifications 1850<br />

3. ______________________________________________________<br />

all adult males, including African Americans (but this was not enforced)<br />

15th Amendment 1870<br />

4. ________________________________________________________________<br />

all adult men and women (but African Americans largely disenfranchised)<br />

19th Amendment 1920<br />

5. ________________________________________________________________________<br />

all adult men and women, including African Americans<br />

Civil Rights Movement<br />

1960s<br />

6. ________________________________________________________________________________<br />

all men and women over 18<br />

26th Amendment 1971<br />

Write the correct term in the blank provided.<br />

During the last two hundred years, Americans have broadened the right (7.) ______________ to vote by<br />

eliminating barriers based on (8.) _______________ religious belief, (9.) _______________ property ownership,<br />

(10.) _______________ tax payment, race, and (11.) _______________. sex At the same time, the<br />

(12.) ______________ Federal Government has assumed a greater role in deciding who can vote and how<br />

elections should be run.<br />

B. Reviewing Key Terms<br />

Match the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the correct letter in each<br />

blank. You may use two terms to answer one question.<br />

Column I<br />

_____ b, c 13. the right to vote<br />

_____ a 14. the potential voting population<br />

Column II<br />

a. electorate<br />

b. franchise<br />

c. suffrage<br />

© Pearson Education, Inc.<br />

36 Chapter 6 Guided Reading and Review

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