The Right to Vote

Jan 01, 2013

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Words You Should Know. Suffrage right to voteFranchise means the same as suffrage. A Short History of Voting. 1789 White male property owners1 in 15 could voteThomas Paine's jackass analogy Today Between 200 and 250 million people can voteElimination of restrictionsFederal Gov't has as

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The Right to Vote

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The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote. Chapter 6 Section 1. Key Terms. Suffrage Franchise Electorate Disenfranchised Poll Tax. Suffrage- means the right to vote Franchise- is a synonym for the right to vote Electorate- The potential voting public. 1789 right to vote was for white males who own property

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Should Felons have the right to vote?

Should Felons have the right to vote?. Felons Voting. 14 states in the U.S. do not automatically restore voting rights to ex-felons. One in every four African American men in every state cannot vote. www.conservativecartoons.com . Thesis Statement .

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Women’s Right to Vote Forum

Women’s Right to Vote Forum. August 26, 2013 Federally Employed Women Federal Women’s Program. Planning Slides - Overview. Location Date, time, duration Panel candidates Event invitees Potential moderators Community Groups to be invited Panel Questions Event expectations

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The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote. How have voting rights changed over time in the United States? What constitutional restrictions exist on the States’ power to set voting qualifications?. The History of Voting Rights.

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The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote. The success of a democratic government depends on popular participation – voting is the key. “Suffrage”: the right to vote (“franchise”). “Electorate”: the potential voting population.

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Expanding the Right to Vote

Expanding the Right to Vote. Right to Vote. Suffrage = franchise = right to vote. General Trends. Growing role of federal government in defining who can vote through constitutional amendments Growing expansion of people entitled to vote. Stages of Expanding Suffrage.

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The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote. Chapter 6 Section 1. Before We Begin…. Suffrage: the right to vote Franchise: the right to vote. Expanding the Electorate. Originally, only adult white males with property could vote (about 1 in 15 males) Today, voting population = 220 million people.

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The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote. Chapter 6 Section 1. A Brief History. 2 Factors that have influenced a dramatic shift over the last 200 years Restrictions have been lifted, including those based on religious belief, property ownership, tax payment, race and gender.

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Women’s Right to Vote

Women’s Right to Vote. By Mikenna Rogowsky. Injustice . Women could not vote, own property or be educated for certain jobs . They were considered to be “second class citizens”.

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The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote. History of Voting . The framers of the Constitution purposely left the power to set suffrage qualification to each State. Suffrage means the right to vote.

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The right to vote

The right to vote. Unit 3 Week 2 Unit Theme: Turning points. representative. This describes a word that means a person chosen to speak for others . qualify. This word mean to make or become fit or eligible for a certain kind of work. postpone.

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Women Gain the Right to Vote

Women Gain the Right to Vote. SWBAT : illustrate a poster highlighting the reasons why women should be allowed to vote Homework:

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Right to Vote

Right to Vote. Chapter 6 . Voting Rights History . Suffrage= Right to vote. Guiding Question: how have voting rights changed over the course of history?. Goals. Expansion of the electorate occurred in 5 stages Elimination of religious/property/tax qualifications

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The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote. Suffrage & Franchise- The right to vote What portion of the population originally had the right to vote in our country? Since that time, the electorate , has continually grown to over 220 million people.

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The Constitution and the Right to Vote

The Constitution and the Right to Vote. Magruder Chapter Six. The History of Voting Rights. In the early 1800s religious, property-ownership, and tax-payment qualifications were removed, and almost all white males could vote

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Extending the right to vote in America

Extending the right to vote in America. 1. Religious Restrictions Removed. 1810: States began to eliminate religious qualifications to vote. 2. Property ownerships restrictions. 1850’s States began eliminated ownership of property as a requirement to vote. 3. 1870: Race Restrictions on Men.

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The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote. How can we persuade eligible voters to go to the polls on Tuesday, November 4 th ? This image comes from http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/selected-posters-2008. What is this advertisement saying to you? Turn and talk with your partner.

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The Right to Vote

The Right to Vote. Voting Qualifications. The Constitution does not give the Federal Government the power to set suffrage, voting, qualifications This is left to the states. Slowly, over time, these have become less, and less, making the American electorate, the people who can vote, expansive.

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Right to Vote

Right to Vote. pg 42. Who can Vote?. - 3 Requirements be 18 years old U.S. Citizen Resident of the community- must show ID and it must match residency ** if you are a felon, right to vote can be taken away**. Preparing to Vote. -Must be registered to vote justvote.org

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Should Felons have the right to vote?

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The right to vote

The right to vote. Unit 3 Week 2 Unit Theme: Turning points. representative. This describes a word that means a person chosen to speak for others. qualify. This word mean to make or become fit or eligible for a certain kind of work. postpone.

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