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var voting_rights_05 = new Array();
voting_rights_05.ID = "voting_rights_05";
voting_rights_05.ID_WB = 8888992;
voting_rights_05.navsectionID = "3032552"
voting_rights_05.sPubDate = "8/10/2005 10:50:58 PM GMT";
voting_rights_05.quiztype = 1;
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voting_rights_05.appWidth = 460;
voting_rights_05.appHeader = "Voting rights in America";
voting_rights_05.appDeck = new Array("Test your knowledge about key figures and events in voting history","");
voting_rights_05.headHeight = 40;
voting_rights_05.copyMargin = 9;
voting_rights_05.copyBorder = 0;
voting_rights_05[1] = new Array();
voting_rights_05[1][0] = new Array("Who was Susan B. Anthony?");
voting_rights_05[1].answer = "B is correct<br>Anthony made women's suffrage her life's work, traveling the country and giving lectures. In 1872, she was arrested for trying to vote in city elections in Rochester, N.Y. She died in 1906, 14 years before women won the right to vote. ";
voting_rights_05[1][1] = new Array("Part of a small band of women who vehemently opposed women being granted the right to vote, arguing that they were intellectually inferior to men and should confine themselves to wifely duties",'',0);
voting_rights_05[1][2] = new Array("A crusader for voting rights for women",'',1);
voting_rights_05[1][3] = new Array("The first woman to cast a vote in the United States",'',0);

voting_rights_05[2] = new Array();
voting_rights_05[2][0] = new Array("When the Constitution was ratified in 1788, who was allowed to vote?");
voting_rights_05[2].answer = "C is correct<br>By 1850 nearly all white men could vote, regardless of their wealth.";
voting_rights_05[2][1] = new Array("All adults 21 and older",'',0);
voting_rights_05[2][2] = new Array("All men",'',0);
voting_rights_05[2][3] = new Array("White men who owned property",'',1);

voting_rights_05[3] = new Array();
voting_rights_05[3][0] = new Array("How were blacks in the South kept from voting for many years?");
voting_rights_05[3].answer = "C is correct.<br>In addition to requiring blacks to pay a poll tax, some states required blacks to take literacy tests. There was also the notorious \"jelly bean\" test, in which blacks were required to correctly guess the number of jelly beans in a jar or they couldn't vote. In some places, intimidation and violence also were used to keep blacks from voting.";
voting_rights_05[3][1] = new Array("If they didn't have jobs, they were barred from voting ",'',0);
voting_rights_05[3][2] = new Array(" They were required to present a written note from a doctor stating that they were of sound mind ",'',0);
voting_rights_05[3][3] = new Array("They were required to pay a poll tax to vote ",'',1);

voting_rights_05[4] = new Array();
voting_rights_05[4][0] = new Array("When did women win the right to vote?");
voting_rights_05[4].answer = "C is correct<br>In 1869,  the Wyoming Territory was the first area of the nation to allow women to vote. Some states, including Colorado, Idaho and Illinois, followed suit, but the right did not become universal until 1920, with ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.";
voting_rights_05[4][1] = new Array("1890",'',0);
voting_rights_05[4][2] = new Array("1905",'',0);
voting_rights_05[4][3] = new Array("1920 ",'',1);

voting_rights_05[5] = new Array();
voting_rights_05[5][0] = new Array("Residents of what jurisdiction were given the right to vote in presidential elections in 1961?");
voting_rights_05[5].answer = "A is correct<br>The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution granted this right . When it was founded in 1800, the district's purpose was to serve as the seat of the federal government. It had only 5,000 residents and wasn't expected to grow into a full-fledged city. But over the years the population did grow and a local government was created. By 1960, the district had more than 760,000  residents; they were required to pay taxes and serve in the military but couldn't vote.";
voting_rights_05[5][1] = new Array("Washington, D.C.",'',1);
voting_rights_05[5][2] = new Array("Puerto Rico",'',0);
voting_rights_05[5][3] = new Array("Guam",'',0);

voting_rights_05[6] = new Array();
voting_rights_05[6][0] = new Array("How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 clear the way for blacks to vote?");
voting_rights_05[6].answer = "B is correct.<br>By some estimates, the law was responsible for a 20 percent increase in black voter registration.";
voting_rights_05[6][1] = new Array("It gave the federal government power over all elections in the United States",'',0);
voting_rights_05[6][2] = new Array("It outlawed literacy tests, poll taxes and other tactics used to keep blacks, particularly in the South, from voting",'',1);
voting_rights_05[6][3] = new Array("It required all localities to keep voter registration records",'',0);

voting_rights_05[7] = new Array();
voting_rights_05[7][0] = new Array("When was the voting age lowered to 18 from 21?");
voting_rights_05[7].answer = "A is correct.<br>The voting age became an issue during the Vietnam War, a conflict opposed by many Americans. Supporters of lowering the voting age argued that it was unfair to draft 18-year-olds and expect them to die for their country, but not allow them to vote. In 1971, the 26th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, lowering the voting age.<br> <br>";
voting_rights_05[7][1] = new Array("In 1971",'',1);
voting_rights_05[7][2] = new Array("In 1946, after World War II",'',0);
voting_rights_05[7][3] = new Array("In 1870, when blacks were given the right to vote under the 15th Amendment",'',0);


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