AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Chapter 6, Section 1 - Funsheet Key

1. The standard we are covering is SSCG8.

2. States have the power to set suffrage qualifications. 3. Suffrage and franchise means the right to vote. 4. The electorate is people eligible to vote. 5. Disenfranchisement means deny the right to vote. 6. Two long-term trends that have characterized the history of suffrage in the United States are: a. The gradual elimination of voting restrictions b. The expansion of the Federal Governments control over voting

7. The 15th Amendment extended suffrage to African American males. 8. The 19th Amendment extended suffrage to women. 9. Wyoming was the first place to allow women to vote. 10. The 23rd Amendment gives electoral votes to Washington, D.C. 11. The 24th Amendment outlawed poll taxes. 12. The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.