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1776 North Carolina Constitution
The North Carolina Constitution established a government in the state of North Carolina. It also gave voters rights to some people. This is significant because it allowed representation based off of units of local government. It allowed voters to elect senators, and members of House of Commons. It gave more voters rights as well. It was in favor of landowners. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention is believed to be the birthplace of American feminism. The leader, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, fought for rights of the women, but there was a disagreement on women being able to vote. This was a signifigant event because it led to many women to gain their rights. It also led to women being able to vote in the future. The women fought for this and gained most of their rights. The only right they did not gain at this event was the right to vote. -
Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
Before the Fifteenth Amendment was passed, African Americans could not vote in the U.S. The Fifteenth Amendment let the African Americans vote by saying that U.S. citizens can vote, no matter what race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This is signifigant because it was then a step closer for there to be civil rights. Before this the African Americans could not vote. -extra is on google docs. -
Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow Laws segregated America. These laws also put many restrictions on African American voters. The signifigance of the Jim Crow Laws is that it did not let African Americans vote much. When the African Americans wanted to vote, they were stopped by white mobs and such. This is important because something important in democracy is the right to vote. Their right to vote was taken away by white supremacist state governments. -
Passage of the Seventeenth Amendmentt
The Seventeenth Amendment is saying that the people will elect the Senators in Senate. The Seventeenth Amendment also says that each Senator will have one vote in Senate. This is signifigant because it allows the people to elect people to office in the government. It also allows the Senators to have votes. The votes that the Senators have lets them make decisions. It also allows them to have a say. -
The Passage of the Ninteenth Amendment
The women in the United States before the Ninteenth Amendment was passed. The Ninteenth Amendment states that anybody in the U.S. will be able to vote, no matter what their gender is. The significance of the Ninth Amendment is that it allowed the women in the U.S. to vote. The women could not vote before this. Now that the women could vote, everyone could vote. The more people that can vote, the more it will help elect the new president. -
Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act allowed for the Indians in friendly tribes, which were born in the borders of the U.S., to have citizeship and to vote. Before this, there were other methods to become a citizen if you were an Indian, some being marrying a U.S. citizen, and fighting in a war to be offered citizenship. This is significant because it is giving rights to the Indians. The Indians did not have much rights but they did after this act. -
Passage of the Twenty Third Amendment
The Twenty Third Amendment gives voting rights to more people in certain states. The Twenty Third Amendment basically says that it will extend the voting rights to people in other states. This is significant because it gave more voter rights. It did this by giving it to people in different states. One of the places was Washington, D.C. This happened because they wanted more representation. -
Passage of the Twenty Fourth Amendment
There were poll taxes that you had to pay when you were to go vote. The Twenty Fourth Amendment changed this by stating that U.S. citizens can vote, and that there will not be a poll tax anymore. This is significant because it removes the poll taxes. Another reason that this is significant is that it helped the African Americans. The African Americans were being targeted, they wanted them to stop voting, so they implemented poll taxes. With this amendment, mostly everyone could vote now. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
African Americans were being targeted with the poll taxes, and such. There was violence against voting rights activists, which sparked this. The signifigance of this is that African Americans werent being targeted anymore. The poll taxes were abolished for voting citizens. Literacy, and grandfather tests were abolished too. This act also enforced the Fifteenth Amendment. -
Passage of the Twenty Sixth Amendment
The Twenty Sixth Amendment put an age restriction on voting. The age minimum for voting was eighteen years old. The amendment says that the citizens of the U.S. that are over eighteen years old, will not be stopped from voting. This is signifigant because it set restrictions on voting. They made it at the age eighteen because that is when you are legally an adult. It also allowed people who are over eighteen to not be stopped from voting. It stopped people from under eighteen from voting.
