https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2017-05-11 13:35:42 UTC 2026-02-02 20:49:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171263927 The right to vote in political elections. ]]> 2017-05-11 14:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171263927 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171265046 2017-05-11 14:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171265046 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171265714 2017-05-11 14:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171265714 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171266591 2017-05-11 14:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171266591 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171267025 2017-05-11 14:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171267025 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171267802 Early 1900's many states had granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment in 1920 solidified this. ]]> 2017-05-11 14:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171267802 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171269500 2017-05-11 14:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171269500 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171269621 The 15th amendment in 1870, changed voting to open it up to all races, although some states had already done this. Congress then passed the Enforcement Acts to increase punishment on people such as the Ku Klux Klan, who tried to intimidate voters. All that being said Jim Crow laws were still around. Additionally, in 1876, United States v. Reese, the Supreme Court upheld literacy test which kept mainly African Americans from voting stating that it did not explicitly discriminate on a racial basis. ]]> 2017-05-11 14:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171269621 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171273306 The 24th amendment banned poll taxes as a precondition to voting which had been keeping the poor out of voting booths. The Supreme Court backed this up in 1966 case, Harper v. Virginia State Board of Electionsd]]> 2017-05-11 14:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171273306 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171274502 2017-05-11 14:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171274502 catieblueeyes https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171275166 The 26th amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in 1971. Georgia was the first state to lower the voting age in 1943, which is interesting because they were one of the last states fighting the Civil Rights Movement.]]> 2017-05-11 14:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/catieblueeyes/Suffrage/wish/171275166