History of voting rights
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America has a lengthy history of abridging voting rights, most clearly in the South during the Jim Crow era when the grandfather clause, whites-only primaries, poll taxes and literacy tests were devised as ways to disenfranchise African Americans. That type of disenfranchisement was thought to have ended with passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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Nonetheless, since its independence, voting rights have had a tumultuous history in the country that claims to hold them dear, with enfranchisement of new groups being slow and infrequent. In 1789, there were no federal standards for suffrage; each state determined …
[DOC File]MATH LESSON PLAN - Ohio Literacy Resource Center
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Provide a forum for learners to read and discuss several ways people have been prevented from voting. Student Goals . Lack of knowledge about the history of their voting rights may be one reason students do not exercise their right to vote. Materials What If You Couldn’t Vote Handout. Right to Vote Resource Packet. 15, 19, & 26th Amendments
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It emphasizes the rationale for governance, the history of voting and the process of civic participation through voting. INSTRUCTOR INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE: Students will have the opportunity to learn about the rationale and basis for government, including classroom rules, community laws, and the process and act of voting.
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List and briefly explain all the Amendments that expanded voting rights: - 15th Amendment: No citizen shall be denied the right to vote based on their race, color, or previous condition of servitude - 17th Amendment: Established the election of US Senators by the …
[DOC File]Why should I bother to vote
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It wasn’t until the 1965 Civil Rights Act that many African-Americans reclaimed the right to vote. Voting rights and voter registration was a major part of the Civil Rights movement. Americans facing oppression and social marginalization have fought hard for the right to vote.
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In 1868, _____ is elected president. After the election, the _____ in Congress, fearing that Southern whites might try to place limits on African-American voting rights, introduce the _____, which states that no one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or having been enslaved.
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Martin Luther King Jr. famously led the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and pushed for voting rights (among other things). The 1965 Voting Rights Act mentioned above finally made it possible for African Americans to vote regularly.
[DOC File]The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877
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While successful in passing the Fourteenth (citizenship and civil rights) and Fifteenth (black voting rights) Amendments to the Constitution, Reconstruction never really addressed the most difficult issues of reform and racial justice in the South. Theme:
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This manifests itself in recent history in the denial of cultured lifestyles, the struggle for basic civil rights, and presently the restrictions to voting, employment, and medical attention. Key Points: Native American women had power amongst their people. The “white-man” stripped cultural values from these individuals
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