African Americans Were Not Able to Vote in Any Numbers

question 196

Multiple Choice

African Americans were not able to vote in any numbers until

• A) the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
• B) the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.
• C) the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870.
• D) the implementation of the Voter Education Project in 1961.
• E) all states passed legislation allowing people without property to vote in the 1820s.

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Definitions:

Fundamentally Alter

To make significant and basic changes to something, transforming its nature or operation.

Reasonable Accommodation

Adjustments or modifications provided to enable people with disabilities to participate fully in an activity or workplace.

Equal Employment Opportunities

A policy framework that mandates fair treatment in employment, promotion, and access to benefits across all demographic lines without discrimination.

Fair Labor Standards Act

A U.S. law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay eligibility, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.