Voting Rights Chapter 6 AP Government.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Voter Requirements & Civil Rights Ch. 6 S. 1-3
Advertisements

Chapter 6, Sections 1 & 2. * KEY CONCEPT: Democracy can only succeed if ALL citizens have the ability to vote… The history of the United States has been.
Chapter 6 VOTERS AND VOTER BEHAVIOR.  1- Voting rights came in the 1800’s- Each state at a time eliminated property ownership and tax payment qualifications.
Voters and Voting Behavior. The Right to Vote The power to set suffrage qualifications is left by the Constitution to the states. Suffrage and franchise.
Jeopardy Final Jeopardy $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300
Celebrate freedom Week. Voting Rights Establishing voting qualifications was a job left primarily to the states at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Chapter 6: Voters and Voter Behavior
Political Behavior Chapter 6.
Magruder’s American Government
The Right to Vote The Framers of the Constitution purposefully left the power to set suffrage qualifications to each State When the Constitution went into.
Chap 6.1: The History of Voting Rights
Presentation Pro © 2001 by Prentice Hall, Inc. American Government C H A P T E R 6 Voters and Voter Behavior.
The Road to Universal Suffrage Oregon Student Mock Election Produced by the League of Women Voters ® of Oregon Education Fund.
Power to set suffrage rights is RESERVED to States. Enfranchised: able to vote Electorate: potential voting population.
Presentation Pro © 2001 by Prentice Hall, Inc. Magruder’s American Government C H A P T E R 6 Voters and Voter Behavior.
VOTING RIGHTS Lecture 6.4. A. Voting Rights 1)1789 White male property owners 2)15 th Amendment- (1870)cannot discriminate based on race, color, or previous.
Chapter 4, Section 3 Extending the Bill of Rights
Chapter 4.3 Extending the Bill of Rights. Protecting All Americans At first, the Bill of Rights applied only to adult white males. It also applied only.
Presentation Pro © 2001 by Prentice Hall, Inc. Magruder’s American Government C H A P T E R 6 Voters and Voter Behavior.
Aim: How have voting rights expanded over time? Do Now: How many pieces of legislation can you name that have expanded voting rights?
Chapter 6 Voters and Voter Behavior. Because the Framers of the Constitution disagreed on specific requirements, they left the power to set voting requirements.
Magruder’s American Government
1 Voting Mr. Rosenstock San Fernando High School.
Chapter 6 Section 3. The 15 th Amendment  Ratified 1870  Vote cannot be denied any U.S. citizen because of race, color, or pervious condition of servitude.
Unit D – Voting Chapter 6 / Sections 1 &2 The Right to Vote & Voter Qualification.
The Expansion of the Electorate
Civil Rights. 15 th Amendment As we have already seen the 15 th amendment does several things to ensure the right to vote. This amendment was drawn up.
Suffrage and Civil Rights
Chapter 6: Suffrage/Franchise (right to vote) Federalism dictates that qualification is a state or local issue. ---but why? Suffrage/Franchise (right to.
Voters and Voter Behavior Chapter 6. THE RIGHT TO VOTE Section 1.
The Right To Vote Chapter 6 Section1. The Constitution and the Right to Vote.
Presentation Pro © 2001 by Prentice Hall, Inc. Magruder’s American Government C H A P T E R 6 Voters and Voter Behavior.
SUFFRAGE AND CIVIL RIGHTS SECTION 3. THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT  The Fifteenth Amendment (1870) declares that the right to vote cannot be denied to any.
Presentation Pro © 2001 by Prentice Hall, Inc. Magruder’s American Government C H A P T E R 6 Voters and Voter Behavior.
Presentation Pro © 2001 by Prentice Hall, Inc. Magruder’s American Government C H A P T E R 6 Voters and Voter Behavior.
CHAPTER 6 The Right to Vote How have voting rights changed over time in the United States? What constitutional restrictions exist on the States’ power.
The Right to Vote Chapter 6 - Government. The History of Voting Rights The Framers of the Constitution purposely left the power to set suffrage qualifications.
American History of Voting Rights Federal Law and Constitutional Amendments.
Voting and Voter Behavior. The History of Voting Rights Framers of the Constitution left power to set suffrage qualifications to States. Framers of the.
Voter Behavior Chapter 6.
Presentation Pro © 2001 by Prentice Hall, Inc. Magruder’s American Government C H A P T E R 6 Voters and Voter Behavior.
The Expansion of Suffrage American Government 12 th Grade Mrs. Goss.
Voter Behavior Chapter 6.
Section 3 Suffrage and Civil Rights. Objectives: * Describe the 15 th Amendment and the tactics use to circumvent it in an effort to deny African-Americans.
CONSTITUTION TO PRESENT. Age of Jackson BACKGROUND The Constitution did not provide specifics on who could vote so this was left to the state.
UNIT.III / Political Participation
Chapter 6 Voters and Voter Behavior
Voters and Voter Behavior
Voting.
Objectives Describe the tactics often used to deny African Americans the right to vote despite the command of the 15th Amendment. Understand the significance.
[ 10.1 ] The History of Voting Rights
Voting.
Section 3-Suffrage and Civil Rights
Chapter 6: Voters and Voter Behavior Section 3
Chap 6.1: The History of Voting Rights
Voters and Voter Behavior
Magruder’s American Government
The Right to Vote.
Voter Behavior The Timeline
Voters and Voter Behavior
Bell ringer What are the four types of minor parties?
Magruder’s American Government
Chapter 6: Voters and Voter Behavior Section 3
Chapter 6 Sections 2 and 3 Voter Qualifications
Voters and Voter Behavior
Friday, February 24, 2017 Objective: Students will be able to analyze the changes in voting rights throughout our nation’s history. Purpose: Voting.
C H A P T E R 6 Voters and Voter Behavior
Chapter 6: Voters and Voter Behavior Section 3
Section 3-Suffrage and Civil Rights
The Right to Vote.
Presentation transcript:

Voting Rights Chapter 6 AP Government

Voting how it came about When the Constitution was written, only white male property owners (about 10 to 16 percent of the nation's population) had the vote. Over the past two centuries, though, the term "government by the people" has become a reality. During the early 1800s, states gradually dropped property requirements for voting. Later, groups that had been excluded previously gained the right to vote. Other reforms made the process fairer and easier.

Timeline Voters Rights 1790 Only white male adult property-owners have the right to vote. 1810 Last religious prerequisite for voting is eliminated. 1850 Property ownership and tax requirements eliminated by 1850. Almost all adult white males could vote. 1855 Connecticut adopts the nation's first literacy test for voting. Massachusetts follows suit in 1857. The tests were implemented to discriminate against Irish- Catholic immigrants.

Timeline part 2 1870 The 15th Amendment is passed. It gives former slaves the right to vote and protects the voting rights of adult male citizens of any race. 1889 Florida adopts a poll tax. Ten other southern states will implement poll taxes. 1890 Mississippi adopts a literacy test to keep African Americans from voting. Numerous other states—not just in the south—also establish literacy tests. However, the tests also exclude many whites from voting. To get around this, states add grandfather clauses that allow those who could vote before 1870, or their descendants, to vote regardless of literacy or tax qualifications.

Timeline part 3 1913 The 17th Amendment calls for members of the U.S. Senate to be elected directly by the people instead of State Legislatures. 1915 Oklahoma was the last state to append a grandfather clause to its literacy requirement (1910). In Guinn v. United States the Supreme Court rules that the clause is in conflict with the 15th Amendment, thereby outlawing literacy tests for federal elections. 1920 The 19th Amendment guarantees women's suffrage.

Timeline part 4 1924 Indian Citizenship Act grants all Native Americans the rights of citizenship, including the right to vote in federal elections. 1944 The Supreme Court outlaws "white primaries" in Smith v. Allwright (Texas). In Texas, and other states, primaries were conducted by private associations, which, by definition, could exclude whomever they chose. The Court declares the nomination process to be a public process bound by the terms of 15th Amendment. 1957 The first law to implement the 15th amendment, the Civil Rights Act, is passed. The Act set up the Civil Rights Commission—among its duties is to investigate voter discrimination.

Timeline part 5 1960 In Gomillion v. Lightfoot (Alabama) the Court outlaws "gerrymandering." 1961 The 23rd Amendment allows voters of the District of Columbia to participate in presidential elections. 1964 The 24th Amendment bans the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections. 1965 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., mounts a voter registration drive in Selma, Alabama, to draw national attention to African-American voting rights. 1965 The Voting Rights Act protects the rights of minority voters and eliminates voting barriers such as the literacy test. The Act is expanded and renewed in 1970, 1975, and 1982. 1966 The Supreme Court, in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, eliminates the poll tax as a qualification for voting in any election. A poll tax was still in use in Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia. 1966 The Court upholds the Voting Rights Act in South Carolina v. Katzenbach.

Timeline part 6 1970 Literacy requirements are banned for five years by the 1970 renewal of the Voting Rights Act. At the time, eighteen states still have a literacy requirement in place. In Oregon v. Mitchell, the Court upholds the ban on literacy tests, which is made permanent in 1975. Judge Hugo Black, writing the court's opinion, cited the "long history of the discriminatory use of literacy tests to disenfranchise voters on account of their race" as the reason for their decision. 1971 The 26th amendment sets the minimum voting age at 18. 1972 In Dunn v. Blumstein, the Supreme Court declares that lengthy residence requirements for voting in state and local elections is unconstitutional and suggests that 30 days is an ample period 1995 The Federal "Motor Voter Law" takes effect, making it easier to register to vote. 2000 Bush vs Gore

Timeline part 7 2003 Federal Voting Standards and Procedures Act requires states to streamline registration, voting, and other election procedures. 2007 Crawford v. Marion County Election Board 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission