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Evolving Constitution: Adapting to Changing Societal Norms

Explore the amendments to the US Constitution throughout history, addressing pivotal issues like slavery, women's rights, prohibition, and voting ages. Witness the shifts that shaped the nation.

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Evolving Constitution: Adapting to Changing Societal Norms

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  1. Amending the ConstitutionChapter 7~Section 1 notes

  2. A FLEXIBLE Constitution • Changing (amending) the Constitution to adjust with changing times throughout history. • Slavery issue • Women’s rights • Prohibition • Voting ages

  3. SLAVERY • By 1820: MISSOURI COMPROMISE • Divided new lands developed in the U.S. into “free” territories and “slave” territories • Caused much tension between South and North • DRED SCOTT DECISION (1857): (Supreme Court Case) • Courts ruled that slaves WERE property and the Congress could not prevent owners from taking their slaves anywhere they wished

  4. Civil War Amendments • 13th Amendment (1865): • 14th Amendment (1868): • 15th Amendment (1870): • Jim Crow Laws/Southern States: • Poll taxes and voting fees • 24th Amendment (1964):

  5. Women’s Rights • Traditional thoughts about women?? • Late 1800s: traditional views about women changed • SUFFRAGE: the right to vote • 1878-1918- struggle for women’s right to vote • 19th Amendment(1920):

  6. Voting Age • Colonial period – middle of 20th century: voting age was?? • Younger population wanted to change that. Why? • 26th Amendment(1971):

  7. Amendments • Anybody can propose a change to the Constitution • More than 5000 have been introduced to Congress • Only 27 changes actually have been made to the Constitution

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