Voting Rights Timeline by Jorge Casilla https://padlet.com/jac174/4iusjhg6i9q6wjt7 en-us 2023-01-28 00:16:06 UTC 2023-03-08 05:09:09 UTC hello@padlet.com jac174 https://padlet.com/jac174/4iusjhg6i9q6wjt7/wish/2507958627
  • Time period
    •         1820-1840
    • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
            White US citizens
    • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
            Growing demand for greater political participation led to the emergence of new political parties which sought to expand democracy.

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  • Time period
    •         1870
    • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
            Black men
    • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
            The 15th amendment protects voting rights by            
             prohibiting the federal and state governments from     
    denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race

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  • Time period
    •         1920
    • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
           Women
    • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
            The 19th amendment protected the right to vote for   
             women as it made it illegal to deny voting on basis of  
    sex.

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  • Time period
    •         1924 
    • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
            Native Americans
    • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
    Granted Native Americans citizenship which ultimately led to their right to vote in 1948

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  • Time period
  • 1952
  • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
  • Asian Americans
  • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
  • They uplifted the ban on Asian Americans and begun to remove internment camps

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  • Time period
  • 1961
  • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
  • Citizens of Washington D.C.
  • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
  • Clarified that all citizens above 21 in the United States have the right to vote.

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  • Time period
  • 1964
  • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
  • Minorities
  • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
  • Eradicated poll tax and literacy test making voting more accessible to the citizens that never were given a fair chance of education and status.

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  • Time period
  • 1965
  • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
  • Ethnic and Racial minorities
  • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
  •  Prohibits racial discrimination in voting and practices such as literary tests that made it difficult to vote and were only distributed to ethnic minorities

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  • Time period
  • 1971 
  • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
  • 18, 19, 20-year-olds 
  • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
  • Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years old, granting young Americans the right to vote.

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  • Time period
  • 1975
  • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
  • Non English Speakers 
  • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
  • The act of denying voting based off of language is prohibited and sets the precedent that changing voting laws must first be requested and revised.

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  • Time period
  • 1984 
  • Who was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded to?
  • Elderly folk and handicapped folk
  • Explain how voting rights are protected with this amendment/piece of legislation.
  • Ensures that all voting areas are accessible for folks that have disabilities and older folks such as placing ramps. 

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