Name:

Date:
Pre/Post Test

1. Why were African Americans not allowed to vote? Give one reason.
2. What amendment allowed them to vote?
3. Who is the first African American president?
4. Why is president Obamas election considered historical?
5. What is the relationship between the fifteenth amendment and the Voting Rights Act?
6. Why was the Voting Rights Act necessary?
7. What were the intended consequences of the Voting Rights Act?
8. Of what importance were the Voting Rights Act and the twenty-sixth amendment to the 2008
Presidential election?

Name:

Date:
Pre/Post Test

1. Why were African Americans not allowed to vote? Give one reason.
2. What amendment allowed them to vote?
3. Who is the first African American president?
4. Why is president Obamas election considered historical?
5. What is the relationship between the fifteenth amendment and the Voting Rights Act?
6. Why was the Voting Rights Act necessary?
7. What were the intended consequences of the Voting Rights Act?
8. Of what importance were the Voting Rights Act and the twenty-sixth amendment to the 2008
Presidential election?