3.6- Voting and Civil Rights

Question 1

a change to a constitution (ex. Constitution, FL Constitution)

Answer 1

Amendment

Question 2

the basic rights of citizens to free from unequal treatment based on certain characteristics (race, gender, disability)

Answer 2

Civil Rights

Question 3

a federal law that prohibits employment based on race, gender, color, religion/national origin.

Answer 3

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 4

a federal law that prohibits discrimination related to the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or gender.

Answer 4

Civil Rights Act of 1968.

Question 5

treating a person or group unfairly based on their race, religion, gender, disability, or other reason.

Answer 5

Discrimination

Question 6

a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawing discrimination based on gender.

Answer 6

Equal Rights Amendment

Question 7

a written test used to decide whether or not someone was eligible to register to vote.

Answer 7

Literacy Test

Question 8

a fee someone has to pay in order to vote.

Answer 8

Poll Tax

Question 9

to forbid or not allow something.

Answer 9

Prohibit

Question 10

the separation of people, such as segregation based on race.

Answer 10

Segregation

Question 11

a power or issue for individual states to determine.

Answer 11

States’ rights

Question 12

the right to vote.

Answer 12

Suffrage

Question 13

a federal law that banned race discrimination in voting practices by federal, state, and local gov’t.

Answer 13

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 14

a section especially in law, granting exceptions to people who were affected by previous conditions.

Answer 14

Grandfather Clause