Voting Rights Amendments Review Games for Civics & American History

These Voting Rights Amendments Civics Review Games review vocab and key concepts related to Voting Rights in American History, particularly the 15th, 19th, 24th and 26th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution! These Voting Rights Amendments review puzzles include a multiple-choice maze, vocabulary crossword, word search, and a word scramble! 

Use these puzzles as test prep, homework, extra enrichment for early finishers, or easy print-and-go emergency sub plans! You can even make them into a stations activity, with a game at every center. These games make a great, engaging review for middle school Civics or American Government students studying the Voting Rights Amendments! 

Compatible with the Florida State Standards for Middle School Civics:

• SS.7.CG.2.3 Identify and apply the rights contained in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

This Voting Rights Amendments Review Games for Civics & American History resource includes:

✯ A Voting Rights Amendments Maze Escape. Students navigate the maze of review questions by drawing a straight line through each correct answer. By the time they reach the finish, their line should pass through every box! Questions include vocabulary definitions related to the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendment, as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Sample questions in the Maze Escape:

• This Amendment gave women the right to vote. (19th Amendment)
• The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed to enforce this Amendment. (15th)
• This Amendment was inspired by protests during the Vietnam War. (26th)

✯ A Voting Rights Amendments Vocabulary Word Search, with a word bank full of vocabulary words related to Voting Rights in American History.

• Sample words from the Word Bank: Reconstruction, Seneca Falls, Vietnam War, Draft, Segregation, Grandfather Clause, Poll Tax, Literacy Test, Suffrage, Suffragette

✯ A Voting Rights Amendments Vocabulary Crossword, which reviews key concepts related to Voting Rights.

Sample questions from the Crossword include:

• These tests, gauging reading skills, were required in some states before a person could qualify to vote. (Literacy Tests) 
• These types of laws, passed predominately in the Southern United States, supported racial discrimination and segregation. (Jim Crow)
• This Amendment was championed by suffragettes like Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul. (Nineteenth)

✯ A Voting Rights Amendments Word Scramble. Students decode ten vocabulary words related to Voting Rights and spell out a secret message! 

• Vocab from the Word Scramble includes: Amendment, Suffrage, Reconstruction Era, and more

This review is meant to follow a unit on the Voting Rights Amendments in American History, Civics, or American Government. These puzzles can be also be super helpful in prepping for cumulative exams at the end of the year, such as the Civics EOC! 

This resource is presented as a non-editable, printable PDF. It includes an answer key. A digital version is also available through TPT Easel! Easel Activities can be assigned directly to your Google Classroom, or you can generate a link to share with students via email or your LMS!

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