Roots of Government in North Carolina Rights of Citizens Chapter 12 Section 3

North Carolinians and the Vote Who can vote???? – In the first days of North Carolina only free, white males that owned property who was at least 21 years old could vote

North Carolinians and the Vote Equal Protection – 1870 – Hiram Revels (born in NC) became the first African American elected to the US Senate – John Adams Hyman was the first African American member of Congress from North Carolina

North Carolinians and the Vote Voting Restrictions – 1890 – more than 1,000 African Americans held public office in NC – 1900 the General Assembly set up discriminatory tests that would keep African Americans and Native Americans from voting

Women Suffrage Women could not: – Own property – Vote The Suffrage Movement in North Carolina – 1894 – the first public meeting on women suffrage was held in Asheville – 1897 – Petition was sent to the General Assembly but it was referred to the Committee on Insane Asylums

Women Suffrage The Nineteenth Amendment – Lillian Clement of Asheville became the first women elected to the General Assembly in 1921

Women Suffrage Who can vote???? – Citizen of the US – 18 years old presently or before the next general election – Lived in your voting precinct for at least 30 days – Not be serving a sentence for conviction as a felon – Be registered to vote