1. [ 10.1 ] The History of Voting Rights

2. The Struggle to Extend Voting Rights
Voting Rights in the United States
The Struggle to Extend Voting Rights
Religious test, property ownership: All white males
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 23rd and 24th Amendment
26th Amendment

3. Suffrage
The right to vote
Foundation of a democracy

4. Voting Rights in the United States
George Caleb Bingham's The County Election depicts an 1850 Missouri election. At the time, voting was restricted to white males, but property and tax qualifications had been eliminated.

5. Voting Rights in the United States
Suffrage was gradually expanded over nearly 200 years. Analyze Information How did the American electorate change over time? What effect might this have on elections?

6. Voting Rights in the United States
Women could vote in several States before the 19th Amendment was adopted in Analyze Maps What percentage of States or territories granted women full suffrage in 1919?

7. Early Limitations on Voting
Framers did not trust the average citizen to vote
Limited to white males who owned property

8. “Gerrymandering”
Redistricting for
partisan purposes

9. Woman Suffrage
19th Amendment
1920
Gave women the right to vote

10. The 15th Amendment
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King vote in the presidential election of 1964, the same year the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discriminatory voting practices.

11. African American Suffrage
15th Amendment
1870—Civil War amendment
No person could be denied the right to vote on account of race
First time national govt. set rules for voting, a power once only the states had

12. Created US Commission on Civil Rights
Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964
1957 and 1960
Created US Commission on Civil Rights
Gave Attorney General the right to seek court orders to prevent interference with the right to vote
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws job discrimination
Forbids the use of literacy tests
Injunction- court order that compels/restrain the actions of a private/public individual

13. Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964
African American students enter a school in Little Rock, Arkansas, where the governor blocked the integration of the schools in 1957, forcing President Eisenhower to intervene.

14. Voting Rights Act of 1965—Then and Now
Firefighters in Birmingham, Alabama, turn high-pressure hoses on demonstrators. The media brought such actions to the public's attention, thereby winning support for the civil rights movement.

15. Voting Rights Act of 1965—Then and Now
The Voting Rights Act sought to equalize access to voting. Analyze Charts What generalization can be made about the effect of this act on the number of elected black officials?

16. Quiz: Voting Rights in the United States
In what way would a poll tax control who is allowed to vote?
A. Poll taxes prevent those who aren't registered from voting.
B. Poll taxes prevent people from voting more than once.
C. Poll taxes prevent those who are not property owners from voting.
D. Poll taxes prevent those who cannot afford to pay the tax from voting.

17. Quiz: The 15th Amendment
How did Supreme Court decisions between 1940 and 1960 help enforce the 15th Amendment?
A. by outlawing violence against African Americans
B. by allowing civil rights workers to help African Americans register to vote
C. by striking down white primaries and racial gerrymandering
D. by forbidding the use of literacy tests and poll taxes

18. Quiz: Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964
What main strategy for fighting discrimination did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 rely upon?
A. federal referees
B. federal laws
C. judicial action
D. executive action

19. [ 10.2 ] Your Right to Vote

20. Residence Criteria- prevent “traveling voters”
Universal Criteria for Voting
Citizenship Criteria
Residence Criteria- prevent “traveling voters”
Laws and Court Actions- 30 days
26th Amendment
The Youth Vote- more or less likely?

21. Universal Criteria for Voting
The Federal Government does not set any voting qualifications based on residence, but the States can and do set such requirements. Analyze Charts What is the purpose of residency requirements?

22. Registration Requirements- match with residency requirement
The Voter Registration Process
Registration Requirements- match with residency requirement
Controversies Surrounding Registration- should there be a registration?
Motor Voter law
Not purged for failure to vote
Voter ID Laws

23. The Voter Registration Process
Registering to vote has become more convenient in recent years. Analyze Charts What is the purpose of 'streamlining' voter registration?

24. Additional qualifications for Voting Must be mentally competent
Historical Criteria for Voting
Grandfather Clauses- aid white voters who were preventing from voting due to the discriminatory voter laws
Poll Taxes- pay to vote
Additional qualifications for Voting
Must be mentally competent
Must not have a felony

25. Historical Criteria for Voting

26. Quiz: Voting Qualifications and the Federal Government
Which of the following does the Constitution prohibit?
A. setting residence requirements for voting
B. setting citizenship requirements for voting
C. setting registration requirements for voting
D. setting tax payment requirements for voting

27. Quiz: The Voter Registration Process
What is the MAIN purpose of the Motor Voter Act?
A. to expand the electorate by making it easier to register to vote
B. to improve the electoral process by ensuring that States purge their poll books
C. to encourage voter turnout by allowing any voter to register on election day
D. to encourage voter turnout by allowing any voter with a driver's license to vote

28. Quiz: Historical Criteria for Voting
Which of the following BEST explains why Connecticut and Massachusetts adopted literacy tests in the 1800s?
A. to ensure that only the most informed citizens could vote
B. to comply with the Motor Voter Act
C. to prevent certain segments of the population from voting
D. to give white candidates an advantage over African American candidates