1. Let’s vote for our favorite snack!
Voting Rights
Let’s vote for our favorite snack!
Will it be chips
or Oreos?

2. Will it be chips or Oreos? Let’s vote
All boys who have a younger brother in 2nd grade may vote
Boys with brother in 2nd grade
chips
Oreos
Partner Share – How did you feel about this restriction on voting?
Could this happen in America? Yes, prior to 1870 only white males who owned property could vote.

3. 15th Amendment 1870 Gave African Americans the right to vote (males)
Ratified but not fully implemented until the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The 15th amendment changed that in 1870.
Go over details on slide
However …. 15th amendment was not fully implemented until Voting Rights Act
The First Vote

4. Will it be chips or Oreos? Let’s vote
All boys who have a younger brother may vote
Boys with brother in 2nd grade
Boys who have younger brother
chips
Oreos
Partner Share – How did you feel about this restriction on voting?
Could this happen in America?
Who still has no voice?

5. 19th Amendment 1920 Gave women the right to vote
Go over slide details
Quick review – Susan B. Anthony
Suffragettes celebrate the ratification of the19th amendment

6. Will it be chips or Oreos? Let’s vote
Students who live on LaFayette Parkway may vote
Boys with brother in 2nd grade
Boys who have younger brother
Live on LaFayette Parkway
chips
Oreos
Partner Share – How did you feel about this restriction on voting?
Could this happen in America? Do you have any ideas about which group of people in America were unable to vote because of where they lived?

7. 23th Amendment
1961
Gave residents of Washington, D.C. the right to vote
D.C. has been a unique city since its founding in 1800.
Originally thought it would be the center of government and not a population center.
Started out with 5000 people but by 1900, over a quarter of a million people lived there.
Since it is a federal district, and not a state, residents not only had no real local government, they had no vote in the federal government either.
By 1960, when 760,000 people lived in Washington, D.C., it seemed odd that people from a dozen states, with lower populations, had more voting rights than residents of the District. As citizens, they were required to pay taxes and to serve in the military, but a vote in the Presidential election was available only to the states.

8. Will it be chips or Oreos? Let’s vote
Students who brought $5.00 to school today
Boys with brother in 2nd grade
Boys who have younger brother
Live on LaFayette Parkway
Brought $5 to school today
chips
Oreos
Partner Share – How did you feel about this restriction on voting?
Could this happen in America? How do you think this relates to a group that was being denied their right to vote?

9. 24th Amendment 1964 Eliminated poll tax
President Lyndon Johnson - "There can be no one too poor to vote."
Passed at the height of the Civil Rights Movement
Poll tax receipt 1896
Birmingham, Alabama
Poll tax receipt 1922
Madison, Alabama

10. Will it be chips or Oreos? Let’s vote
Students who are at least 11 years old
Boys with brother in 2nd grade
Boys who have younger brother
Live on LaFayette Parkway
Brought $5 to school today
At least 11 years old
chips
Oreos
Partner Share – How did you feel about this restriction on voting?
Could this happen in America? What do you think the 26th amendment changed about our voting rights?

11. 26th Amendment 1971 Lowered voting age from 21 to 18
26th amendment was passed near the end of the Vietnam War.
The argument for lowering the voting age was that an 18-year-old who was old enough to serve and perhaps die in Vietnam ought to be old enough to vote at home.

12. Will it be chips or Oreos? Let’s vote
Students who are at least 10 years old
Final Vote
Students who are 10 years old
chips
Oreos