1. Additional Amendments: 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, & 26th extending voting rights

2. Last time: The Bill of Rights

3. This time: Amendments that came after the Bill of Rights

4. Change to the Constitution
Amendment
Amendment =
Change to the Constitution

5. This time: Amendments that came after the Bill of Rights

6. Benchmarks: SS.7.C.3.7 Analyze the impact of the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th amendments on participation of minority groups in the American political process. SS.7.C.3.5 Explain the constitutional amendment process.

7. The Constitutional Amendment Process
2/3rds of the Congress, 3/4ths of the States

8. The Civil War Amendments: 1865 - 1870

9. 13th Amendment 1865 – Abolished Slavery

10. 14th Amendment 1868 – Helping the newly freed slaves

11. 14th Amendment 1868 – Defines citizenship

12. 14th Amendment 1868 – State Laws
Before the 14th only federal laws had to be constitutional

13. 14th Amendment 1868 – Equal Protection Under the Law

14. 15th Amendment 1870 – Right to vote for African American Men

15. 19th Amendment 1920 – Right to vote for Women
Suffrage = the right to vote

16. 24th Amendment 1964 - No Poll Taxes
Poll Taxes: States charged $ to vote to try to stop African Americans from voting

17. Voting Rights Act of 1965

18. 26th Amendment - 1971 Lowered Voting Age from 21 to 18
“Old Enough to Die Old Enough to Vote” – rallying cry during the Vietnam War

19. Review: Which amendment defines citizenship?
The 14th

20. Review: Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
The 19th

21. Review: Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?
The 15th

22. Review: Which amendment said that state laws must be constitutional?
The 14th

23. Review: Which amendment ended slavery?
The 13th

24. Review: Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
The 26th

25. Review: Which amendment outlawed poll taxes?
The 24th

26. Review: Which amendment said that there must be equal protection under the law?
The 14th