History of U.S. Voting Rights
Who can vote today looked a lot different from those who could vote when the United States was first founded. This video covers the history of voting rights, including women's suffrage, Black disenfranchisement, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the various methods American voters can cast their ballots today.
History of U.S. Voting Rights
Who can vote today looked a lot different from those who could vote when the United States was first founded. This video covers the history of voting rights, including women's suffrage, Black disenfranchisement, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the various methods American voters can cast their ballots today.
Social Studies
Explain how amendments to the U. S. Constitution have maintained a representative democracy/republic.
Explain how voting rights are protected by the 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th amendments.
Analyze how rights were denied to African Americans or Blacks through Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, disenfranchisement, and racial violence, including the 1906 Atlanta Riot.
Identify how amendments extend the right to vote.
1. Why is it important to have a diverse voting population?
2. Young people often have low voter turnout during elections. In what ways can young people be encouraged to vote?
