Disenfranchised Amendments
15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, & 26th
Some historians refer to these as the Suffrage Amendments.
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Day 1 Lesson
Key Terms
In today's lesson, you will identify and describe key terms in the unit.
Constitutional amendments have provided for civil rights, such as suffrage for disenfranchised groups.
Study the terms and definitions below.
civil rights: guarantee equal rights and end discrimination
suffrage: the right to vote
disenfranchised: to deprive rights to citizens
Black Codes: laws that kept White people in power by limiting what Black people could do
poll tax: required voters to pay for the ability to vote
literacy test: voters were tested on their reading skills to vote
Let's Practice
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Women's ______________ gave them the right to vote. |
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to deprive of one's rights |
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Some states once charged a ________ to disenfranchise certain voters who couldn't afford to pay it. |
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The ___________ movement ended segregation. |
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Some southern states gave ______ tests for people to prove their reading skills to vote. |
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_______________ were laws that kep white people in power by limited what black people could do. |
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Day 2 Lesson
Disenfranchised Amendments
In today's lesson, you will identify and describe the 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th amendments to the Constitution.
The above five disenfranchised amendments expanded voting rights for American citizens.
15th Amendment
- gave enslaved men the right to vote
19th Amendment
- gave women the right to vote
23rd Amendment
- allowed citizens of Washington D.C. to vote for national officials
24th Amendment
- ends the poll tax in federal elections
26th Amendment
- sets the voting age at 18 in all states?
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| 8) removed gender requirements for voting |
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| 10) removed race restrictions for voting |
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| 11) granted Washington D.C. residents the right to vote |
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Day 3 Lesson
History of Voting Rights
In today's lesson, you will explain the history of voting rights.
Complete the Voting Rights Google Slide with a family member or partner.
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| 13) Look at slide #2.
Who could vote when America was founded? |
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| 14) Look at slide #6.
List five disenfranchised groups that were restricted from voting in early American history. |
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| 15) Look at slide #11.
List two ways how voting rights changed. |
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| 16) Look at slide #21.
List two ways how states and individual counties prevented Black people from voting. |
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| 17) Look at slide #30.
Describe the term "suffragists." |
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| 19) Look at slide #34.
Is Washington D.C. a state? |
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| 20) Look at slides #41 and 42.
Which war was the cause of the 26th Amendment? |
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| 21) Forcing people to pay to exercise the right to vote was called a... |
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| 22) The Indian Citizenship Act gave American Indians the right to vote. |
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Days 4 and 5
1. Look over all your work and submit it to your teacher.
2. Complete the Let's Practice activities located in the Unit Resources.
3. Redo any questions that your teacher sent back to you and resubmit.
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