Voting Rights

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Voting Rights

• Lets vote for our favorite snack!

Will it be chips
or Oreos?
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Will it be chips or Oreos?Lets vote

• All boys who have a younger brother in 2nd grade
  may vote

Boys with brother in 2nd grade
chips
Oreos
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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 First Vote
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Will it be chips or Oreos?Lets vote

• All boys who have a younger brother may vote

Boys with brother in 2nd grade Boys who have younger brother
chips
Oreos
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19th Amendment

• 1920
• Gave women the right to vote

Suffragettes celebrate the ratification of
the19th amendment
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Will it be chips or Oreos?Lets 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
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23th Amendment

• 1961
• Gave residents of Washington, D.C. the right to
  vote

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Will it be chips or Oreos?Lets 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
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24th Amendment

• 1964
• Eliminated poll tax
• President Lyndon Johnson - "There can be no one
  too poor to vote."

Poll tax receipt 1922 Madison, Alabama
Poll tax receipt 1896 Birmingham, Alabama
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Will it be chips or Oreos?Lets 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
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26th Amendment

• 1971
• Lowered voting age from 21 to 18

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Will it be chips or Oreos?Lets vote

• Students who are at least 10 years old

Final Vote Students who are 10 years old
chips
Oreos