The 24th Amendment is associated with which period of U.S. history?

• A. The Great Society
• B. The Progressive Era
• C. Civil Rights Movement
• D. The Gilded Age

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is how voting rights were protected by constitutional change during the Civil Rights Movement. The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, bans poll taxes in federal elections. Poll taxes had been used to suppress African American turnout, so removing that barrier directly supported the movement’s push for equal access to the ballot. While broader reforms like the Voting Rights Act would come a year later and the Great Society era pursued many programs, the 24th Amendment is best understood as part of the Civil Rights Movement’s efforts to secure voting rights and dismantle Jim Crow obstacles. The other periods—Gilded Age and Progressive Era—occurred much earlier and aren’t tied to this specific constitutional guarantee, making the Civil Rights Movement the fitting association.