Expansion of the Right to Vote

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Expansion of the Right to Vote

• We the People Lesson 20

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Why is franchise imp?

• Franchise right or privilege
• Enfranchise giving the right to vote to a group
• REPRESENTATIVE GOV BASED ON PEOPLE HAVING A SAY

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Suffrage when Const. adopted

• Left to the states
• Many states linked vote w/ property

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Expansion of male vote

• Dorr Rebellion call to allow all white men the
  vote
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican American
  vote
• 15th Amend.
• Prevented via literacy tests poll taxes

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What was involved in womens suffrage?
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Women Suffrage

• Abolition movement
• Minor v. Happerset citizen right to vote
• WWI
• 19th Amend

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What were Native Americans franchise?
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Native Americans Suffrage

• Native American tribes are separate entities
• Dawes Act 1887 citizenship to those who give up
  tribe
• Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 franchise to those
  w/in U.S. limits
• 24th Amend.- no poll
• Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Why concern regarding 18 right to vote in 1970?
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18 yrs Suffrage

• 1970 Vietnam protests
• Voting Rights Act Amendment
• Oregon v. Mitchell Congress could regulate age
  in NATIONAL election
• 26th Amend- national state 18 year min

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