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This study guide covers voting rights and voter behavior in the US. It details the expansion of suffrage through Constitutional amendments (15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, 26th) and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It also explains models of voting behavior: rational-choice, retrospective, prospective, and party-line. Finally, it provides practice questions and exam tips.
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Question 1 of 11
🎉 Which of the following was a discriminatory tactic used in the South to prevent Black Americans from voting?
Direct election of senators
Literacy tests
Lowering the voting age to 18
Granting women the right to vote