Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Expanding the Right to Vote

Published byGwendoline Dean Modified over 6 years ago

Similar presentations

Presentation on theme: "Expanding the Right to Vote"— Presentation transcript:

1 Expanding the Right to Vote
Mabel McKinney-Browning Director, American Bar Association Division for Public Education

2 To form a more perfect union …
How do we share the passion, significance, and consequence of these two iconic phrases? We the People … To form a more perfect union …

3 …The further the limit of voting rights is extended, the stronger is the need felt to spread them still wider, for after each new concession the forces of democracy are strengthened, and its demands increase with the augmented power… Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835

4 Voting Rights in Early America

5 Civil War and Post-Reconstruction Voting Rights

6 Non-white Americans and the Vote

7 Voting Rights and Civil Rights

8 Current Voting

9 Find session materials online:
Stay connected:

Download ppt "Expanding the Right to Vote"

Similar presentations

Early Attempts to Abolish Slavery Ch: 15-16. The Civil War The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865 over the issues of slavery and economics- the 620,000.

Early Attempts to Abolish Slavery Ch: The Civil War The Civil War was fought from over the issues of slavery and economics- the 620,000.
QOD 3/1 Why was the Brown v. Board of Education decision so monumental?

QOD 3/1 Why was the Brown v. Board of Education decision so monumental?
By Steven & Ashley. Monarchy Republic (democracy) Dictatorship (Empire)

By Steven & Ashley. Monarchy Republic (democracy) Dictatorship (Empire)
 Civil Rights  Definition: policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals 

 Civil Rights  Definition: policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals 
Review: American History 2: 1820 – 2003 British and American Culture 1 Review by Ruth Anderson.

Review: American History 2: 1820 – 2003 British and American Culture 1 Review by Ruth Anderson.
Voter Discrimination. 15 Amendment Post Civil War amendment- 1870 “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged.

Voter Discrimination. 15 Amendment Post Civil War amendment “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged.
Lincoln’s Plans for Reconstruction President Lincoln had been making plans for reconstruction of the South before the war was over. Lincoln’s plans treated.

Lincoln’s Plans for Reconstruction President Lincoln had been making plans for reconstruction of the South before the war was over. Lincoln’s plans treated.
Civil Rights and Public Policy Chapter 5. Introduction Civil Rights: – Definition: Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory.

Civil Rights and Public Policy Chapter 5. Introduction Civil Rights: – Definition: Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory.
Pearson Education, Inc., Longman © 2008. Civil Rights Definition: policies to protect people from discriminatory treatment by government or individuals.

Pearson Education, Inc., Longman © Civil Rights Definition: policies to protect people from discriminatory treatment by government or individuals.
The Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement
Aim: How have voting rights expanded over time? Do Now: How many pieces of legislation can you name that have expanded voting rights?

Aim: How have voting rights expanded over time? Do Now: How many pieces of legislation can you name that have expanded voting rights?
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. What are civil rights and what are civil liberties? Civil Rights = The right of every person to equal protection under.

Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. What are civil rights and what are civil liberties? Civil Rights = The right of every person to equal protection under.
Early Civil Rights Amendments and Court Cases. Reconstruction Era 13 th Amendment: Ended slavery 14 th Amendment: Extended citizenship to African-Americans,

Early Civil Rights Amendments and Court Cases. Reconstruction Era 13 th Amendment: Ended slavery 14 th Amendment: Extended citizenship to African-Americans,
Chapter 6 Equality for All? NO! USII.3c - Show how life changed after the Civil War by describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other.

Chapter 6 Equality for All? NO! USII.3c - Show how life changed after the Civil War by describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other.
1 WARM-UP Imperialism--Policy in which stronger nations extend their political, economic, or military control over weaker territories List examples of.

1 WARM-UP Imperialism--Policy in which stronger nations extend their political, economic, or military control over weaker territories List examples of.
Holt Chapter Summaries 1-20

Holt Chapter Summaries 1-20
CH. 19 Significant Questions. CH. 19 How did Harriett Beecher Stowe’s book change political decision making in America and in Europe? Why? – America –

CH. 19 Significant Questions. CH. 19 How did Harriett Beecher Stowe’s book change political decision making in America and in Europe? Why? – America –
America Becomes a World Power Setting New Goals Manifest Destiny –Belief that the US was meant to spread from coast to coast –Once this goal was achieved,

America Becomes a World Power Setting New Goals Manifest Destiny –Belief that the US was meant to spread from coast to coast –Once this goal was achieved,
Using the 1260A National (Violations ONLY) Online Report May 20, 2015 Lamont Brooks Assistant Director Clerk Division American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO.

Using the 1260A National (Violations ONLY) Online Report May 20, 2015 Lamont Brooks Assistant Director Clerk Division American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO.
The Road to the Civil War. The Road to War, 1850-1860 Causes of War: Slavery, but what else? ◦ Westward Expansion (of slavery) ◦ State’s Rights ◦ Abolitionists.

The Road to the Civil War. The Road to War, Causes of War: Slavery, but what else? ◦ Westward Expansion (of slavery) ◦ State’s Rights ◦ Abolitionists.

Similar presentations

Ads by Google